Well, as far as whether good content is enough to get upvotes, I believe the record speaks for itself.

Day after day, I see tons of quality content get overlooked. And I'm not the only one on Steemit who has noticed this and brought it up. I will grant you that most of the super successful posts are of good quality, but little else distinguishes those posts from those that are really good, but go unnoticed.

As I said above, I look forward to seeing how Steemit deals with these issues.

And as for who I'm hoping to attract to my posts, that would only be those who are not afraid to stare truth in the face, which would apparently include yourself, since you're, y'know, here.

In the meantime, you should take a page from your own book and not shoot the messenger.