Strange times indeed. And I suppose things are still changing.

hardly no one comes at Steem to make big posts, before they have some followers.

That's true. And the sad fact is that for some, creating a post with at least 100 or maybe even 300 words in it in English is more than a one hours work. So it's balancing with not too much but enough effort. (Almost) everyone here has to do that. Write a post that doesn't take too much of ones time so that one doesn't end up disappointed.

how in the world are the rest of us going to find them...?

That is the big question. Only options now are to check out the introduceyorself tag maybe once a day, glance it through and make a post about it or resteem it right away if you find something that has potential or maybe even is amazing.

As for the newbies: post, post, post, something that has at least a bit of an effort put into it in case someone comes there. And comment, comment, comment.

Thanks for your post, which I've found because @pehteem featured in an entry for the Pay It Forward Contest

:)