Real talk.

Steemit is somewhat of a game and those with big pockets, can manipulate it so that it works out in their favor.

Would be cool to see how somebody grew a huge following from nothing, and see exactly how much they invested in steem power, which bots they used and so forth.

It's not all about unique and original content here, unfortunately.

We all need to play the game too. But if you have a good voice and full of ideas for new content, then you shouldn't stop at Steemit and maybe move on to Medium or even a self-hosted blog. That's my mid-term goal at least!