I believe that you get what you put in.

Absolutely! Life's a circle most of the time :-)

Value is hard to define, since everyone has their own interpretation of what's valuable or rewardable and what is not. Besides all the financial incentives (e.g. curation rewards) whether someone likes (upvotes) your blog post or not has a lot to do with their state of mind. That's why I always try to provide the audience with something they didn't know, feel, realize, think or laugh about before - like an umbrella of services.

The more emotions you're able to address with one single post, the more people will supposedly appreciate it :-)

Thanks for your congratulations!