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RE: Trails - Big hype or serious investment model? Opening a curation debate.
The upvote happened for the same reason you opened the article in the first place: it clearly had a catchy title, and perhaps a good thumbnail.
Therefore the upvoter thought that it would get upvotes due to those factors.
I doubt he ever read. Success on Steemit has very little to do with the contents of your post, and moreso with grabbing attention.
Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing is everyone's prerogative.
Thanks for your comment @schattenjaeger!
The big difference between the 'upvoter' and me was: I didn´t upvote the article :)
I totally agree on your attention theory. In the beginning it´s all about attention. But that doesn´t necessarily mean that we have to curate accordingly. Content which is able to gain attention will always have a higher possibility of an upvote than content which doesn´t outstand in any way. But shouldn´t we vote for the content itself and not just for its shell?
Personally, I agree with you. For what it's worth.