You have a good strategy on how to find new content. GJ!
The whales are at work, more balanced now with the vote weight/scale implemented.
It's true that for a post to be of good quality(=successful) it needs to be marketed properly, starting with the title and then with the first paragraphs. Long posts that I think are worth reading after checking the first paragraphs I send them to my kindle with a nifty little Chrome extension. Then I really enjoy them in traditional reading.