But giving handouts is the wrong way to go. That’s just asking for power downs and cash outs.
The handouts aren't quite that if you mean the delegations to community builders. It wouldn't be random, no-track record.
For someone who is interested in curating and only gets 25% of that it works out to a yield of about 20% without compounding. Show me anywhere else you can get that for clicking a few buttons.
This is what had people powering up (and buying in) before but with the bidbots, many feel that all they need to get a return is a few SBD, no need to power up...
They are trading on exchanges like every other crypto because they are trying to catch the next m00n.
They don't get what makes Steem important.