yep, there is a lot of nonsense here and, to get anywhere it takes a great deal of work consistently for a good deal of time. Buying some Steem helps too but most are unwilling to do it (although price is pretty good at the moment).

As for content, if you are going to deliver content that many other people are delivering, no matter the quality it is unlikely to get seen. at the end of the day, and like I mentioned, above, people support the person. Targeting large blogs to engage them is generally not the way to go, it is better to find and be part of building a community and growing together. It all takes time.