The comment section seems once again devoured by discussions on "whale behaviour" vs answring the question you ask: good content, what exactly is?
Ok. here's my take:
Good content is first and foremost WELL WRITTEN.
Good content is original/ well researched/well edited.
Good content is informative and understandable.
Good content is creative.
Good content is inspiring.
Good content is expressing your view in your voice and bringing something to the table.
Good content is a revelation, you know it when you read it.
IF the whales upvote or not, good content IS GOOD CONTENT. I don't see any reason to doubt your quality just because you did not hit the "expected" reward. Whales, just like you and me, have different standards and views, and while their votes are worth 1000x my vote, the value of our opinion is EQUAL. That's why if i upvote this but @summon doesn't, it's should still be a compliment...IF you think my taste is good of course.
Now, you tend to think that people who like us have good taste so it's hard to stay objective, but let's not put an equal between money and quality of content, because then, we're doomed :)
that being said, I notice you follow only 16 people. That's a pity man. I wrote on this more here and I'm gonna paste this to many popular authors and try to get them [' and you ] to follow more. you really can't find another 50 good people ot follow?! I found 2 just from the comments here!