I know you're combating a sense of entitlement and hence the tone.
I think EIP is aiming at less but better content. Better as in having a better chance of drawing eyeballs from outside Steem. Another view is that Steem should be developed as more of a social network, in which case quantity is desired.
Not necessarily. There is nothing much really stopping quantity here, other than the expectation that it gets rewarded. Take away the expectation of reward and there is plenty of room for quantity. Just like everywhere else in the world, those who have stake or are able to attract value to them from those who are willing to provide value, will be the ones who earn.
As a platform for sharing what I had for dinner or other everyday life events Facebook totally rocks compared to Steem if there is zero possibility of reward. That's because nearly everyone I know is on Facebook already. If I want to, I can shoot shit with my old friends or connect with relatives there. Facebook also has an UI superior to what any Steem front end has so far.
I'm on Steem because Steem allows me to monetize my photography hobby to an extent would be unlikely to happen on any other platform. Also, there are many people on Steem who are into crypto and have knowledge of it. STEEM is a cryptocurrency and I love stacking it up. If all the rewards went to professional quality content creators or stakeholders at the large Orca/Whale level, I'd spend a lot less time here. I'd delegate to projects and only occasionally drop in to check what was going on.
The user base is a valuable resource to all projects because we're the people who love to jump at every opportunity to test something new. But the thing with the user base is that it is not really a community, at least not for the most part. It's too large and too diverse. The people I interact with here are mostly strangers. I don't mind having conversations with strangers but the fact is that I can find strangers anywhere. I have only a handful of people here with whom I can say I have made a personal connection with. What's keeping the user base together is really the monetary incentives. Steem has a long way to go before real social networks can form on it.
Then you produce it in a way that people are willing to monetize it. You can also buy stake and stake up what you earn to earn also, something still not possible on Facebook.
The benefit of owning stake is choosing what gets rewarded. Those with a massive amount of stake might reward professional creators more than people posting their lunch. Those who own stake to reward stuff they like will spread it to others also.
It is many communities and if one is looking for their community to get supported, they have to get their community to stake.
No problem with this, except when people only expect others to provide it. That is fine too but those without stake that are earning will have to eventually recognize that they have chosen to be governed and the decisions made, they must live by.