@evolved08gsr, I like your idea about 5-10 original posts. But to be honest when I first joined steemit, I did not have any original ideas. I was kinda stumbling around.
But I agree that their are some Steemians (myself included now) who have a hard time following someone new until they are able to answer the WHY? The answer to my why is valuable content that is relevant to my life and interests.
So there are some great content creators who I do not follow, because their content is not applicable to me.