What I've noticed lately is that people will mostly only vote for things from the few steemians who consistently make big money from every post they make, that way ensuring they get a cut of it as a curation reward.

I think greed plays a big role in this, and while the rewards system stays the same I can't see it improving for new, or unknown content creators.

Of course you could still get lucky, but unless you're already getting big payouts, you're not likely to have many followers ready to pounce on everything you post.

Of course we could all be kidding ourselves in thinking other people would value our own content enough to click that little grey arrow...