I do agree with you on the fact that bots play a role, but what I meant by what you quoted is that those people have already succeeded elsewhere, so bringing their experiences, successes, and wealth with them to Steemit has made their success that much easier. It wasn't necessarily about just the upvotes.
lol, I have to quote again :)), truth is only a few of them "brought their following here", that's what I've also meant with that, but now I realize it might came off differently.
About the 2nd point, truth is I'm somewhere in the middle as well, since "I'm a person of many interests so knowledge is ultimately my passion", I'm a person who lives to the fullest and who's in a constant learning process. If I wrote about all the stuff I'm interested in and have knowledge about, it would've been a complete mess, hahahahaa. So what I am doing is I'm focusing on my "biggest passions" and the stuff I have most knowledge about, and writing about that, but I do make a post every once in a while of something "non expected". If you'd ask me, I'd make that "mess", but that'd probably result in less long term interest. Look at all the youtubers for example, each is focused on one specific thing, that made them so successful... But even tho I'm saying all this, I'm still in my mind somewhere in the middle...
Exactly! I think sometimes it takes a bit of wandering before someone finally settles on a select passion or two, like the YouTubers we've mentioned. But even still, there are some YouTubers that don't focus on certain things, they have multiple playlists for all kinds of subjects. I'm with you 100%. Thanks for all the constructive comments! It makes me happy when people get engaged in what I write.
Exactly, we completely understand each-other on that one....
This type of engagement made me realize that we are like-minded , at least when it comes to this subject and made me a follower!