All of your feelings are valid, you are a great writer, please don't let whatever is happening here make you second guess that. The message we are receiving is definitely that this place isn't for people who care about good writing, and to take our lumps and be grateful. It's really upsetting to me because as imperfect as it was, there was a community of writers who cared here, and it feels like they are tearing it down by driving writers elsewhere. Your stats are very interesting, they belie the line of b.s. we are being sold about why payments are down for some of us. Something has changed, and it's not us.