You also have to consider that the community isn't really getting paid for useful articles. Every day that I come here, the top articles are always "what is Steemit", "what is Bitcoin", "why you should do Steemit", "why this is awesome", etc. Its getting old really fast. I came here to read interesting posts, not watch a circlejerk. It's actually making me visit the site less now.
RE: Why is there so much negativity from people on Steemit?