I see it as a difference between short term and long term thinking. Yes, you can make more delegating your Steem to bots and raking in those curation rewards, but that's all in the short term.

Long term, there is a lot more money to be made from the appreciation of Steem value. And what will make that happen? We need lots of new users, more positive experiences: people who stick around, maybe make a little money, and then decide to invest in a little Steem power to upvote the content they care about.

As I look around, I think there is more focus on the short term than long term. Maybe it's because I'm new and the long term thinkers are busy with Steemfest, but I don't know.