Well, the fact that a lot of whales just push their shit posts by upvoting themselves and using bid bots is quite annoying indeed, but I don't think the community is gonna die or something. There's just too many new innovations coming in on this blockchain. SMT's will be huge for the ecosystem. But I do agree that good authors are getting discouraged and leave the platform, because they are not getting paid enough for the effort they put into their posts.