If you'd classify something that gets a large @curie upvote as "organic" I've had a few(probably less than 5) hit the bottom of trending, but I get what you're saying.
I do see things a bit differently though.
When I first came to Steemit about a year and a half ago I only posted artwork. I'm a professional artist and that's typically the content I'd share on other platforms, but as I learned more about Steem and really got into it I became really passionate about it and some of the projects that were being developed.
Even though I was really excited and passionate about a lot of projects it took months before I made a non art post because that felt weird to me, even though that was what I really wanted to talk about. Truth be told, I'm an artist, but I'm interested in a lot of different shit other than art too. Especially Steem, and other cryptocurrencies. I actually see me posting more about Steem and other stuff as me getting more comfortable on the platform and not feeling like I HAD TO post a certain type of content for it to not be considered a "shitpost".
At this point because of my own journey, I'm really against this way of thinking and feel like people should just post what they want. If people find it valuable and want to reward it, so be it, if not, then don't, if you REALLY hate it, downvote it.
As I said, I create art for a living, so I could pump out what would objectively be considered "high quality content" all day, but THAT would actually be me being fake, because that's not what I want to do all the time. I'm here to share whatever the hell I want to share, and if people like it, I'd hope they engage, and if they don't feel free not to.
Another point I'd like to touch, I totally get what you're saying about the whales and them not supporting the different content creators, but I think in order for Steem to move forward everyone has to assume responsibility for the state of Steem. Thirty something people can't support this whole platform. The only sustainable path forward is a strong "middle class". It's not organic if one or two people are the main funding of someones post. It's up to all of us to wear both the hats of creators and investors.
You see?, I followed you because of your non-artistic content, and I had no idea you were an artist. It turns out to be you are a damn good one.
@midlet now I'm happy that you pointed out that you were an artist and it would be really good if you would post more about your work, in my opinion. Although I enjoyed your non artistic posts; this is why I have been following you for quite a while.
I mean look at this, it's a slap to any wannabe artist out there:
Thanks @greencross :) Yea that's the thing about Steem. I feel like it's not really set up in a way typically people are going to go back very far into people post history. All the are I showed there I posted a long time ago. Sure I've posted hundreds of pieces of art here, but the whole one week payout means most people only look at the current week.
I like Steempeaks portfolio page feature, but I don't think many people use it or know it exists.
https://steempeak.com/@midlet/portfolio