This is a good discussion to be having; thank you for posting this! I'm curious about this looking for niche project as well. I find myself agreeing with a lot of the others' comments here as well. It's interesting, because I think it needs to be a little bit of a pendulum. When I joined I had a hard time getting followers, getting engagement. I had a hard time just even figuring how to format my posts. I figured out a lot the long way, but once the discord for minnows arrived, things got a lot easier ALL around. And now there are the patches of people who are concerned w/the quality, but the fluff comes with that too. About a month ago I started to drift away from discord and check out random steemers as I used to do before, and it was enlightening. It made me realize that I need to refocus and choose how I spend my time more wisely. I want to be reading and writing and collaborating, not just fooling around in chats. (Although, that is great in its own right.) I think there is a market for both however, and I think the focus will swing between the two for a while before it finally lands and really chooses a direction. Either way it's exciting to be here now, and with all you talented people! I feel so blessed, and really hope I can make the most of this opportunity.