Good point of view @eurogee ! Some has to do with this that you mention here and some in how in the way the system works to make people upvote each other or give self upvotes.

By the way, have you checked the 2nd activity I posted as an example for steemit users on how they can promote steem and apply to earn rewards with steem ambassador:
https://steemit.com/promo-steem/@gold84/post-2-of-12-of-the-series-making-a-meetings-conference-presentation-or-spreading-the-word-on-steem-earn-rewards-on-steemit-even

Regards, @gold84