I hear ya and agree.

I just wanted to point out that starting from 'zero' and building up (primarily as a content creator) is in no way a straight line from minnow, to dolphin etcetera... and yeah its discouraging from a financial perspective.

Personally, the inherent value of the community and the technology is what makes it 'worthwhile' for myself but for most folks it is a process of discovering (or determining) that value for themselves.

Obviously the more overall staked (Powered Up) HIVE the better off the network is but most folks at an 'entry level' lack an understanding of that.