I tell you honestly i made also mistakes when i start to use steemit.
if you ask me why? Because it was hard to get atention. Even now the people just care they own posts how much they earn and thats it. Useing bots..... In some way i understand but some way not. I mean it is ok if you want your post to be more visible but like on the trending page see everyday the same people with the same meaningless post i am tired from that. And it is also our fault in some way. Because many of us if they see a trending post they straight going to give them a vote and they think they will get also few cents on they comments. 😔