Hey @michaeljn,
I know what you mean! Let me quote what I wrote earlier:
While much of this is subjective - sometimes a meme can be worth a lot of money - but not when it's simply copy, pasted from the web. Sadly, that's what mainstream-media is currently telling people to do - as this earns the most money in the traditional sense (through adsense etc.)
But STEEM (incl Steemit, Busy etc.) is something different - and thus we also have to act different. Originality is the most important part.
It's not difficult to create a script which creates 4 posts every day under the technical analysis scheme about a random altcoin and then makes transfers to bid-bots based on bid apis.
So that's what we, as bot and service-leaders/owners have to be aware of.
Thank you, great points and thank you for taking the bull by the horns somewhat, I guess someone has to do it.
I however will continue con my quest for decent content and pursuit of my own expression, regardless of the reward, if you happen to wonder by, a tip of the hat would be greatly appreciated.
stay blessed
PS. Sometime when discouraged, I slide into a feeble attempt, but i realise now that I should not succumb to meritocracy, and try to maintain a relatively, at the least, good standard. :-)