a Youtuber who had a decent amount of subscribers had received close to no engagement, no followers and no curation on his posts and shortly after had just given up which really sucks to see.
Definitely sucks.
I've also witnessed people quit because they weren't getting engagement on their posts, even if they were well made. I'm sure he/she could have gotten a few more comments and/or upvotes with a little cross post from another Hiver who has an idea of a more appropriate community than the Everything (but nothing) Community.