Well that's disappointing, but as long as they don't enforce a word limit I'll be posting - even if I don't earn.
It's not like I've made a heap of money on here, it has been nice to get an occasional payout but as I said I'm here to write and hopefully someone will appreciate the work and at least comment.
I really hope things turn around as we already have twitter and facebook for shorter content, I had always assumed this would be a mixture of all forms of content with various lengths - perhaps overtime with new users people might see the light.