Of course it's a ponzi scheme. The power-down period used to be 2 years! They reduced it to 13 weeks but it's still a ponzi.
Especially when they ask everyone to power-up to vote witnesses and "save the blockchain", then weirdly enough less than 13 weeks later, the token value pumps by 10x...
And new users making $100 in their first week, are either multi-accounts or friend of someone inside the mafia. If your content gets posted in the mafia's secret communication channel, your earning chances get multiplied.
Cant seem to find any experienced users or anyone else explaining those things.
My blog is still here even after getting wiped to -12 reputation.