I gave you my largest upvote. Unfortunately it's only $0.05. I wish I could give you more.
What you said is just spot on. I invited several talented musicians to join this community. I saw them posting quality material, unfortunately after a while they became inactive and I don't blame them. This community is exactly how real life is. You don't go too far if the system doesn't like you or you are seen as an outsider.

I can give a stupid example, I never get an upvote from Dtube and many of my videos are quite entertaining. If I get an upvote from Dsound, it's 1% upvote. So I don't usually use those apps. Unfortunately many Steemians rely on those apps and they wouldn't earn almost anything here on Steemit if it wasn't because of those apps.

I organise probably one of the most entertaining contests here on Steemit, the dance contest since July 2017 and apart from a few generous Steemians I never got any help and support. Now a community that doesn't like to dance, what kind of community it is.

Anyway I'm different from anybody here and everybody can say the same.
Thank you for sharing this great article!