Thanks for posting, its a good read. However my opinion of what steemit is and how it measures up against other social networks is different. I see steemit as a long term investment plan, I know most people on here are just looking to make a quick buck but I really don't think this will last long.

I personally get really bored of being bombarded with useless information constantly, the marketing around other social networks which pay the curators is just too much for me, if I want to buy something I'll search for it and I'll find it without the help of aggressive marketing tactics, steemit is completely free of this, and mostly it's a social network built around perspective, yes you can see perspective on youtube, facebook, twitter etc... but these are networks based purely on current trends, and there is no incentive to be kind to one another.

So back to topic, my "system" is, I'll look for interesting content, and when I find something interesting I'll look at the author, I'll then go through all his/her previous posts and look if the subjects that are covered are also something that might interest me, I'll take as long as I need to and I'll read previous blog posts, if I'm happy with the trend of posts I follow, that way cultivating my home feed into something I can trust to always provide me with new and interesting reading material.

So yes, you may not be making profits from old blogs, but there are people still reading (I doubt I'm the only one) as long as the content is good. You will pick up good followers and more likely to pick up votes in the future.

Remember this is still in Beta, we dont know what changes will come in future and I can assure you that all the other social networks (where I've been a consistent early adopter) did not start off as lucrative as they are now and it's taken many years to get there.