It is really unfortunate that it had to come to this (great content creators leaving steemit) but I agree with you, it is not the same place like it was 2016 when you had to create great content in order to receive up votes. I started to power down a few month ago for exactly the same reason.
I am interested to find out if MEOS will be better once / if it comes out and hope to meet you there!
I'll definitely check out MEOS if it will be ever launched. See you there :-)
Thanks for stopping by & have a great Monday