You are very observant. The real facts that you describe here points out very clearly to various 'groups' on steemit at present. The investors, the new users who rely on bots, the challenge masters, those who try to 'fool' their followers. Then there is the dedicated writer who creates magic each time and gets a fat curie vote but this person does not write frequently.
As for inviting people over here, I still have contact with writers and editors from other sites like wikinut and helium and squidoo but when I tell them about steemit, they are put off by the crypto concept. Some are not able to understand it at all and that's a real shame.