I totally hear you with the fluffy, no substance “rah-rah” cheerleader posts you speak of. At the same time, there always seem to be changes going on with Steemit and the new users are filing in day after day and most have never blogged a day in their life. Let alone know anything about the sheer basics in what it takes to make things interesting to gather followers.
It may seem very basic and redundant to keep upvoting posts that steer people toward basic markdown guidelines, how to include source credits and figure out how to use your wallet but even after reading the faq’s it’s always nice to have updated knowledge from experienced users on how to maneuver this ever changing place.
I’ve been almost two months but I would have never known half of the stuff there is to know if it weren’t for certain people out there constantly researching things I never would have thought to look up. I know you're not really talking about those types of posts though. I don't think there's any way to get away from fluff posts that need to be weeded out for crappy content. And, obviously, those are the people that don’t give a rats ass about actually helping other people succeed and care more about the payout. I’ve also been appalled at some of the dolphin and whale posts that make as much money as they do but God forbid and of us minnows rant about it freely. I’m nervous even posting anything but cheery, happy thoughts here to you, haha! Who knows who's watching me. (Sometimes Steemit reminds me of this episode of the Twilight Zone.)
I don’t feel like I’m being argumentative though, I guess I’m just thinking out loud as to why it might be that you see so much of those types of posts and how annoying it can be to a veteran. It’s definitely annoying and repetitive even to myself sometimes but I figure I can just mute the offenders and keep what I consider to be crap away from my feed.
It sometimes feels like Steemit's just a big fake game people play to make some "easy" money. On the other hand, I believe sincerity will win out. It's too much effort for the ones who's hearts aren't really into it and eventually the fluff posts will die down. I hope! Maybe I'm just being naive.