I actually wondered the why, too. What would cause a site who's gimmick, if you will, crypto rewards, to stop paying crypto rewards. I'm afraid I couldn't get beyond the price had crashed or something else catastrophic, like all the nodes were wiped out, so there was no more blockchain. Or Steemit Inc siphoning off all of it for something else. Greed, a project, what have you.

Any of that are tough sells to the using public, though. We've already seen what retention is like even with the promise of reward opportunity. Those of us who are here and aren't high SP aren't staying because we're raking it in, so there is something else—relationships, outlets for creativity, helping others—so I'm sure there would be plenty of people still wanting to use the platform in some way if they can. It just doesn't grow or become much of anything other than one more social site.