A lot has happened since then, indeed. That was in the middle of all the madness when things really looked dim and honest authors had no chance in getting anywhere, I hated that so it made sense to try finding away at least some could get by without sacrificing themself to the bidbots. I actually didn't expect myself to return but I always kept an eye out to see how everything was heading. I like how things are now and I see so many people getting good attention for well-made work. Even the trending pages looks pretty decent already.

Sounds like a good idea with finding a good article and give it some good support, and yes even a resteem once in a while. I would find it cool if one day we could get a resteem function where a person could add a little text like: "Hey, check out this guy he is writing about..."
So yeah, cheers bud!