My outlook on this:

As of right now a lot of really good posts are going unnoticed. That is because the platform is still in its infancy and the "whales" are up-voting the things that they think will get more people to adopt Steemit. Good on them.

I don't see an issue with re-posting an old post. If that article has intrinsic value, and people recognize the value of your content, then you should be rewarded for that, regardless of it being "old". If you want to repost an article of yours that you feel is important when more people begin to flock the network. Then, by all means go ahead!

Just as somebody who writes a book can advertise their book even if they wrote it 10 years ago. Somebody may not have come across an article that they really like if it is buried in the archives of your blog.

I think the important thing to recognize here is that you should not plagiarize others work! And definitley don't spam an article over and over again!

Thank you for bringing this up! Good read! @razvanelulmarin