As the system is growing very fast the chance your content to be seen as a new user without reputation and followers is decreasing dramatically. Actually minnows don’t read minnows on my observation. The chain is broken at the first level. They spent their time in hot and trending articles to create more detailed picture of the system. https://steemit.com/steemit/@denha/nobody-won-t-read-your-content-still-you-re-new-user-not-famous-person-nor-from-bitcoin-society-catch-22