This post is interesting and I am pleased that somebody is interested in promoting art - in all its forms.
I have reached the stage that I deliberately set my posts to Decline Payment, when posting my stories (sometimes I forget, as it cannot be chosen as a permanent setting).
I therefore no longer expect anything for myself, but I do see many writers (both prose and poetry) who are talented, who are ignored, and it saddens me, for they need the encouragement so that they both continue to write and to grow as writers.
If you can help in two ways
- Assist them in attracting more readers (not followers, they are most worthless, only 'playing the game').
- Reward them with something meaningful
...then I will start to feel that steemit is a positive force, not just fuelling mindless greed by people who are (from what I see) desperately poor.