Thank you for the interesting perspective @aaronmda. :c)
If you think about it that actually makes sense. A lot of people out there aren't on a mission or have a mission to spread. Neither are they passionate about spreading knowledge about this or that. And a good portion of people who do, don't have 'enough' of it to sustain an on-going cycle.
And you know what?
What is less OK is that, infrastructurally speaking, Steemit may be considered akin to a desert-scape with rolling dunes and rocks here and there - and the sparse signs of what used to be a road peaks through at several points - and sign posting that either never was or which has been eroded to be but blank planks of wood embedded in the drift.
In other words - the path is far from clear. Common sense does give some people a clue - but they look at the trending section (because, lets face it, Steemit automatically puts you on the 'trending' page and you get to see how many hundreds or even a few thousands this little post (which needn't be particularly representative of quality) by so-and-so-who-is-well-established-for-any-of-a-variety-of-reasons has garnered - and they join thinking...
"Wow! I wanna be 'that guy/gal'!"
Then they figure that a few good posts will be bound to get them noticed - and...
...nothing...
Their masterpiece (yeah - I know that many don't start out with such) goes largely un-noticed - and gains a grand total of $0.02, if lucky, because they didn't know to use the introduceyourself tag.
Tha produces mediocrity. People who have been given up on throughout various phases of their lives- just living-down-to-expectations... and its a shame... because they 'are' capable of better.
Thank you again for the comment. :c)