there's nothing worse on Hive than sharing and getting crickets and tumbleweed - a post we've spent time on and hoped for someone to respond to with no comments at all.

'crickets and tumbleweed' - is that an idiom, or just a colorful image?..

Let me disagree with you about 'shitposters' non-existence. 'Farmers' is another deal, not speaking of plagiarizers, but I easily can imagine folks producing very dull, even shitty smartphone photography - trivia, non appealing in any way. Combined with farming set of mind and low-efforts posting - it produce nothing but shit. It is not surprising if such blogs end up without comments and rewards. It is surprising when they do crop rewards...