Sadly, I think you're right. I mean there's a post that's attracted $30,000 here, and whilst it's an awesome post - I don't think it's worth that.
Yet, I think the system is doing exactly what it was created for.
A highly complex evaluation of system vulnerabilities is going to appeal to only a few people that can understand such things. Whereas a post about make-up or every day things, everyone understands - so has a wider audience.
In my opinion if we want to earn more money (which I really don't think we should be weighting this platform on, or we're all fucked) then we should appeal to the masses and put our own spin on it :)
I think its important we don't attack the posts that are 'winning' unless they are purposely gaming the system. What we need is a system to uplift valuable content not punish general content.