RE: Moving to hive
Sorry, but this doesn't begin to answer what has been questioned here, so it simply comes off as entitled avoidance.
The accusation wasn't that this was some fly-by-night scam, but specifically that lately this model, absent any changes, inequitably benefits older members feeding the trails with lower-effort posts versus the newer content creators, for the latters' more substantive body of work per topic.
Answering the legitimate concerns raised, as other trailblazers have done here, would have been a better use of today's "grinding", in my opinion.
No one's automatically entitled to the benefits of anyone's hard work because you've been "grinding everyday for years" for your own wallet, waiting for this exact scenario.
Some people here seem to be forgetting whose hands are actually feeding them.