I don't think we would really want the micro-blogging style of just posting selfies or memes etc. as it would dilute the content that does have the effort and interest put in... like back in the Steemit days.

well said - what went on there in those days is terrible - and they had a tight community that upvoted each others crap into the stratosphere - like, hundreds for a shit post (mostly a bad snapshot with at best a few words underneath) whereas you got pennies for a well thought out and researched blog.