It's the millennial/'gen y' dilemma. We've grown up in this superficial consumerism, so we are deeply en-trained into trying to be popular and get attention (like it was a top value or something). Yet due to the world we have inherited it's up to us to have a backbone and some integrity - to be the vehicles of social and economic change. So yeah, balancing and integrating both is the goal of the 'woke' content creator.
Personally I always go with honesty / integrity, yet I am aware that I need to 'sell it' a bit more to get that mass appeal. So you know, I think you're doing pretty good with an awareness of how to get more views, it's one piece of the puzzle at least 😆
Also, sweet deck