What Steem needs for more people to talk about is not a bunch of stupid memes but proper social media functionality.
This contant circlejerk of drowning each other in our own (perceived) awesomeness leads nowwhere. It has no credibility without a properly functioning product to back up these claims.
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate these attempts at spreading the word but it dies out in the moment anyone checks out Trending. And by reason.
I don’t disagree with the core of your message here, but we have other front ends that have fixed the trending problem.. https://steempeak.com/
I’m not promoting Steemit here, I’m promoting Steem ... and name recognition is half the battle.. peeking interest through something fun is a way to do that, not the only way, but a way.