Thank you very much for your very detailed answer. I'm very pleased that my questions, which honestly arose out of disappointment, anger and despair, have inspired you.

It is clear that there are various reasons why people publish (well or lousily) on Steem. This has already been discussed many times and I don't want to repeat it. Nevertheless, to summarise: if the greed for rewards or the fear of not receiving any destroys creativity, then something is going wrong here! This statement from me as a relatively large stakeholder who would earn a lot more money if I were only thinking of myself, as most users do. Nobody seems to think as far as you and I and a few more users: this behaviour is destroying our platform. If everyone turns away because there is hardly anything interesting to read here or you have to search for it for a very, very long time, there will be nothing left to ‘feed’. We will starve to death.

I think you're on the right track. Dare to be different! Usually this is rather positive for your reputation... 😉