a higher level of individual awareness about how much ‘quality’ your own material has.

Unfortunately that is not important. As I already wroet in a different post, the most important factor is what you write about.

best post of the day under "anime" tag = 20 cent
mediocre "art" bpost = 2 dollar
auto-generated Bitcoin soothsaying post = 5 dollar

btw. If you search for someone to sponsor SBI shares to, @akibasteem is always a thankful target. To make that 20 cents under anime into 20 dollar :D