@katharsisdrill, I found you not because of your content but because of your negative reaction to another post regarding selling votes. My tenure on Steem has been relatively short and I'm learning fast about what to do and also what not to do.
I, like yourself have a very small percentage of followers who look at my posts and having a follower base of 63, I tend to value those people.
My majority holdings of crypto is now in Steem and having bought some just to give a little back to the people that have given me inspiration to create original content and stories here. It's good to see someone who has the same ideals as myself.
Ah yes, almost forgot about that tread. It is true, as he says, that Steem was supposed to be more than the social network Steemit.com, but that doesn't mean that you are supposed to ruin the site with spam, bots and vote-selling. Instead you should make new sites using the currency and start trading real things for Steem - a thing I want to try out in the future.
Good to hear that you are one of the real bloggers. I think we need that.