I think the problem is that people sign up assuming they'll be rich! It becomes discouraging because the votes of new users aren't even worth a penny. Its a catch 22. If the site was bigger my review of Spiderman No. 28 might make ten dollars from comicbook fans, but because the site is small it doesn't, which makes me discouraged, so I leave. There's a tipping point the community has to reach to make future growth more likely.
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With 2500+ content providers, you think they ALL are the get rich types. Its not catch 22, its the 10% at the top and the 90% at the bottom. 10,000 content providers doesn't change the equation.
Well, you could actually say this is the fault of the minnows. "Everybody" wants to produce, nobody wants to read or comment or vote (which doesn't include you are working hard to contribute from all angles). So this is an issue that goes both ways, but for different reasons.
That is a problem, and @shenanigator in his above comments goes pretty far with his suggestions on how those "get rich quick" types might make a better course for themselves. Getting rich quick is probably the wrong reason for coming here. Participating in a social media community that offers opportunities and rewards Facebook doesn't is a good reason. Building that community to oppose the corporate debt driven slavery and manipulation is another good reason. The "get rich quick" types who come here are no better than that weasel Zuckerberg who stole an idea to a make a fortune.
However, I think what I hear from fellow minnows goes beyond that, as discussed in the original post--an inner circle of whales vs. everyone else. May not be true, per se, but it is the impression.