"No one ever thinks about tipping directly even though that's how every other platform works."

I know. My best guess is that it's because of how Steem works. That you are being rewarded for both sharing and curating content. I think people forget things besides those two.

"I upvote all my comments regardless of the 50% inflation burned by the curve. No fucks"

Oh, I guess you are one of very few who does that nowadays.