I have to admit... I feel somewhat disappointed reading this... what is normal to you and who is "top authors?"
Every day I have been posting quality, original and very inspirational content and even put my pride aside and posted a raw video of me at one of my most vulnerable and embarrassing moments.. to share with everybody with the intention of taring down the walls of comfort.
LET ME SEE YOUR TOP AUTHORS DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS
There are several new and regular contributors with AMAZING work on here and you are spitting in their faces of by saying, "people are losing interest on this site" & "we need to win the heart of normal users"
a post like this is discouraging for everyone "down here"
maybe you should reconsider
plain and simple.. as an active contributer... this is how I was feeling a few days ago
https://steemit.com/steemit/@mrwang/steemit-comment-bots-got-me-like