I'll just point you here while awkwardly flexing my bicep and giving you a shot of my deoderent: https://steemit.com/motivational/@johnsmith/why-the-steemwhales-are-upvoting-crap-instead-of-your-masterpiece-and-why-you-should-be-happy-about-it

So it's like this. I wrote a post. People liked it. We talked. A lot. Made a difference to the leaderboard. Used our collective minnow might to reward good writing and hard work. No headshot. No bikini. Now we're partying. Cause that's what you do when you do something awesome. Which we did.