"Not all reasons are monetary".
You mean that there are authors who didn't expect monetary rewards from the platform. Why are they here for, to learn and be acquainted? If you they wanted to learn, they can do it from the other sites too.
They are here because they heard that the platform is giving rewards for every submitted content and if they cant find that expectation, its certain that they will soon leave the community same with anybody who will have the same experience, which I know a lot of them does.
Sorry I didn't write that accurately. I mean that not all reasons for writers stopping is related to money. There are authors who were making money and still stopped or slowed down a lot. You'd think that a successful writer will milk it as much as they can, but even they aren't able to produce all the time. Whether you are making money, or not, at some point you have to slow down / take a break.
You are both right! People first come here for the money, and also (especially when they don't make anything) take a break. Or leave. The rewards are a good motivator. Or non-motivator. But it's refreshing to hear someone come right out and state it in black-and-white: yes, we all came here for the duckets. I think what happens is that some of us get caught up in the social aspect, and then another type of addiction sets in.
Yes, its natural to us human beings to make a pause because we need to rest but the moment they write and submitted a post, they are all expecting the same thing, to be rewarded.