I've been here for about 9 months, and I see what you see. I don't know what to think about it. I suspect that, given time, most of the new users who don't make money off of poor quality posts will just get disillusioned and leave. That in turn might make it easier for the rest of us to keep on keepin' on. This, of course, assumes that the influx of new users looking for a big payout (not that I don't also want solid payouts) will taper off a bit, and there's no guarantee of that. I've been dealing with some of the same problems that you're dealing with (sifting through loads of throwaway content, problems finding quality, platform improving content and problems being found in turn, and people outright begging to be followed and upvoted). I've even seen how some of the frustration of dealing with that has brought out the nasty in long time Steemians.

I had a laugh at your fb comments. I remember the days when I played ridiculous, turn based games and made enjoyable connections with complete strangers, some of which lasted for years before facebook got horrid. And in terms of growing a business or creating content for which you're rewarded, no one is doing what Steemit is trying to do. I have so much love for this experiment and see huge potential for its continued success.

Having said that, I'm seeing the problems too, and I have not much of a clue as to how to change that or easily work around it. So I sift.... but I found you buried amongst the single photos and bad grammar posts, so I'll call this night a win.