That's nonsense... it's not lately, I wrote about it many times and so did others and the excuses were and are always the same.
People don't like to read, it's a quick post and next hours on WhatsApp to gossip or facebook. That's how it works.

And since you mention me, I can also tell you that it rarely rewards, if at all. With True Colours, we tried it all, we left comment,s and so do I. Unlike others who grow very fast here with the highest support for ???? I never did and even AI says I am the idiot who always upvotes small fish and hosts contests and engages. The truth is this cannot be done by one person. More than once,e I asked a group to test it for a month if more comments would result in more replies (I know from my accounts that this happens), still, if it comes to it those "commenters" cannot even make if for 5 days.
That's how motivated most people tend to be. It can be the age but more likely it's the fact they don't care and find it normal to receive an upvote. Why invest, work for it or say "thanks" if you've received if you do nothing and post 2 sentences with a photo good for 30 dollars?

Through all these years, there's only one thing I can say, and that is that I've made my best and most loyal friends through Steemit, and we speak to each other daily, both on and off this platform.

I do see it as a lack of brain and it is social poverty if you are not able to understand that on the long term a good future can only be built with good, loyal friends instead of hypocrisy and the endless envy, backstabbing and fighting others.

A great day @mhizta