There is no discouragement either.
Of course there is. I would be discouraged enough to leave the platform for https://www.minds.com
relation-building, follower-growing, meaningful discussion, etc.
Which is the reason I would leave for Minds. Minds is better at all of those. And soon Minds is getting a cryptocurrency as well. And as beta tester of that cryptocurrency: It looks like rewards for small accounts will be better on Minds.
Looks like their view-count and vote activity is already higher on some posts, and that's even without the crypto distributions attached? Wow. The site layout and the content doesn't seem too bad either.