This is a great post, I mostly disagree, as you've not factored in this main point. Steemit allows you to get paid Steem power for finding and upvoting good content and leaving good comments, so you dont have to rely on your blog posts. plenty of people make steem power purely through curation. For me its much more fun to read than it is to write. So I love this feature. You are correct I tend not to read the articles about pretty girls travelling, but plenty of people do. I upvote them from time to time, if a particularly interesting one comes along. I hope you stay, I've just joined and it's always good to have people who want improvements made.