Actually, their reaction is completely understandable - starting fast, getting to 40+ and make some money in the first week , then... looks like all things become more slow: you need much more time and efforts for getting up to 50+
and as a result minnows become tired and frustrated
When you just a newbie - you just have fun here. After crossing 40 you need to work on 150% for moving further and this is huge extra effort. There are a lot of people just quit steem or start to complain about.
Totally agree with you on this @allfabeta, have tons of fun... my first awesome post made like .23 cents hahaha. Sp many new people quit steemit then go back on FB with there drama and do it free. SMH SMH LOL