I agree with you ... these steps above is the theory ... the practice is totally different ... just look at the quality of the comments ... 99% of the comments are simply there just to be boosted... almost no comments are like this one you made, and the replies below ... this is rare over here...
Most of the Steem users are here just to get Steem, not to produce good content and create an active and fun community!
Guess who will profit more in the end? The ones who are genuine or the other?