To me non of that matters all concerns reward. You will definitely enjoy steem with more audience cause it's encouraging to know that people are actually reading your post. You can post just your picture and gets lots of interaction like we see with the big guys.

Reward on steem is about who is willing to support you. That's why some people no matter what the post, they will always get about $5.000 or there about on their post.

That reward is automated. They don't need quality post or interaction, the upvote will definitely come within that range. It's just about who is willing to support you.

Most people like us no matter the quality of content are at the mercy of random voters for good reward.