Is anyone still using this place or is it all bot's, vote sellers, auto posters, scammers and follow for follow people?
I guess that for most people there is no real motivation to be active here, it is depressing to bother with payouts counted in the third decimal while you see others getting hundreds with just a couple of comments/votes. It feels like a jerk-circle to be honest.
Always has been, those who continued to circle-jerk from the beginning while self-voting moved right on up the ranks. The only people who suffer over and over are those who base their votes off of their communities. They are even trying to move to communities where those with more Steem Power will earn more.