If it's an article, yea, I hold some of the same 'requirements' you speak of, but they are still your personal requirements nevertheless. 'Good content' doesn't just refer to articles. I'm just saying, a lot of people get the same feeling it's like doing school assignments, even uni assignments again. It becomes like work, in a way. Work, where many people spend hours writing an article only to have it earn a couple of cents. Once you've got enough followers, you don't even have to post interesting stuff to get up voted though - look at some of the dolphins and whales around in this case. As soon as you've got a following, all you need is a paragraph to hit the sky again. I don't want to piss the higher class off by saying all this, but that there is a problem in its self about flagging power which hopefully is balanced a bit more. Steemit's in beta & new, so hopefully it takes a more open direction.