You did some great recommendations and these would be a good starting point indeed. I think that each user should focus on finding their own style and experiment to find out what works best for them. Steemit is a new and exciting place and it should be able to grow into something much bigger. Adding value and engaging with others are two of the top things that can get someone to the top rather fast still.

systematic abuse (plagiarism). Seems like that doesn't bother most though. Bit of a shame really. I already see this as something that can be off putting for most minnows that try hard to build up their account. Knowing that there are accounts on here that manage to be so successful through theft and deceit is annoying. Knowing that some can control even as many as 10000 of these accounts and be raping the rewards pool on a regular is even worse. Any thoughts on that?However, I just hope that the community finds a way of fighting off the accounts that abuse this platform through spam, plagiarism and other such unethical activities. This seems to be quite a big issue on this platform, and since it doesn't appear to be under control now that the user base is low, I could imagine that this could spiral out of control rather fast with rapid on-boarding of new users. Not that the Internet isn't full of these already, but it would be nice if Steemit developed a healthier immune system to neutralize such accounts as @adelja, that managed to work his/her way up to the top of the reputation system (68) through