I hear ya about not letting him decide but time is a precious thing so I'm not really diggin' him making it less worth my time.
It was never a lucrative venture but if I can at least make the convergent curve on a dev post reflective of hours of work. I would be content w that.
I mean I hardly ever make the curve and will keep going but zero is just a blatant slap in the face.
Maybe do some posts on a different topic that some of us can vote up.