Great post! Followed and upvoted. It can be pretty disheartening to post something and get nada, but I guess that's just the works, huh? Been here a little over a week now. I'm checking trending a lot lately too try and gauge what most consider "quality" content... But it's usually articles nerding out on crypto... So unless I want to pose as a crypto nerd (I'm not, barely knew about crypto till I started here...) I guess I'm going to have to inch my up followed by follower. So thanks for the advice!
Hi Mattie, thats the issue that steemit has at the moment. Its articles are heavily focused on a few topics, not necessarily mainstream.
Having said that there are some great travel, photography, poetry, even philosophy. I think the crypto stuff is what gets the biggest bucks at the moment, but forget about that. Write about what you love, what your passionate about, build followers. It wont be long before Steemit goes mainstream and the content base broadens. Thats when your hard work will pay off!