Rewards don't actually just decline by payout - they decline when the Steem price falls. MinnowBooster is so popular because it is profitable, not because it's not. Having said that the voting power is wrecked now from this new policy and I doubt it would be profitable now.

Seriously though, compare that to voting bots that just straight up aren't profitable, that are unashamedly fleecing the customer. That's before you even talk about curation or Steem doing what it always does.

And actually you want to know the real problem with Steem ... HUGE stakeholders dumping STEEM on the market 365 days a year ... these conversations don't happen when STEEM price is high ... when it's low, things get vicious ... That 3.5 mil MinnowBooster has is 3.5 mil that isn't being dumped. There's people on here blabbing on about how they care about the ecosystem literally dumping 80K on the market every few days ... I mean I know they need that gold flaked caviar with coke on the side, but sheeeeeeeiiiit