@geke, great post... and yes, I know you from one of the many patches :-). However, your article stands on its own merits, had I not known you. I think Steemit would provide a very good basis for someone to write a paper on patch dynamics as it applies to social media populations. It is very apparent that there are many habitat patches sprouting (visible through the Topics list) and as the dynamics evolve we are seeing the fracturing and a multi-mosaic taking shape. You point out the URQC (Unrewarded Quality Content) problem, and I agree. The problem with Steemit is that you need to be able to discover those sub patches. Discovery is somewhat problematic on Steemit. The URQC for Bacteriaolgy (Science |> Biology |> Microbiology |> Bacteriaolgy) are not discoverable and probably buried under the Science Topic (very difficult to get a post on the trending there). Difficult for the lay Steemit user to find(sure build your url directly), that great content stays as URQC. @rawbinhutt's Looking for a Niche project is a great start. I'm still not sure how we build a ubiquitous user experience that allows all the different social media types to discover and participate in their particular niche, sub-patch and finally lead to the discovery of that Unrewarded Quality Content. Again, great post and a very interesting topic.