i was not talking about you in particular, more i was addressing the aggregate who might write about steem. I think you in particular write very well about steem and its your niche. I don't comment on every post but i do comment because out of everyone, you pick pertinent topics. however I also see other writers trying to latch on to the niche for the exposure, and the payout. their posts are NOT always done well - yet they still get the upvotes, because of the tag. this is what bothers me. i see a lot of parrots and topic taggers.

I also see people in different niches, long running members, who do really cool work on other topics and niches, yet never make trending. why? because whales dont vote them or the votes are tiny compared to what they give over to a steem related post. why is this healthy?