Your rhymes are not bad. I think they're pretty clever. And also way too casual like you just talk like that. Sometimes it feels like the Dr Seuss muse grew up and moved on to you.
Most of that piece under the "why is it" heading! XD
I don't know if it's the case but I feel a bit like maybe we don't have so many consumers here because it's been forever geared as somewhere for content creators to earn magical internet money so maybe people don't feel like they should sign up unless they're going to blog.
It's true. Most don't know about consumer rewards and many aren't encouraged to accept the fact even earning a little for consuming content is far more than they'd earn anywhere else. Many don't have the skills or talent to succeed as creators, yet they want to make the big bucks. Many set themselves up for failure and on Steem in the past they'd often blame the platform rather than themselves.
That's how humans work though right. If something goes right they want all the credit but if something goes wrong it's the fault of everything and everyone but themselves XD