There are so many recommendations people make for success here on Steemit. One I hear often is reciprocity. But in reality there is not so much of it here.
Many content creators who have the money mostly only care about their own content but don't take part so much in others' content.
Of course, they help others by upvoting comments of their readership, which is a good thing, but that's it.
But generally those with the most money mind their own business, even though there are exceptions.

When I look at the trending pages, some tags are teeming with articles written by the same author consuming the entire space, and there is simply no way of getting seen. On the one hand because most people only click on the trending page and almost never on the new page. And here, articles get lost quickly in the ocean of endless posts.

And those who are reigning the trending section in turn don't care again as long as they make progress..

Thank you!