hi @knircky
I think we reached stage, where quality content is worth nothing if you do not engage with community. There is just to many content creators and most of them want to be "visible" without putting much effort to build their visibility.
But most people do not understand that or are simply very lazy. You do create good content and Im reading it from time to time. But I do that only because I already know that you respect your viewers and engage with them.
Majority of users just want to post something they consider "good content" and they dont even bother to reply to comments. And soon after they lose their entire audience and start complaining about Steemit and blaming this platform.
Cheers,
Piotr