It definitely is sad, these money-making-cheating schemes. My big problem is that I can't prevent it from affecting me and that makes me really mad.
Hmm, I'm definitely guilty of not spending time in the Hive newcomer section due to my own time constraints. But the way you're describing it - seems like I'm not missing much.
Oh, yeah, monomad - hmm, I just love b&w so I post there but they sure are very adamant about the use of the monomad tag which I get. I have seen some recurring winners but not too many really. Then again, I'm not spending that much time in the community and might be missing some things.
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to rant! Nothing personal - but I hope I won't be posting here too much. Generally, I'm a pretty balanced, chill person.