Spot on article! At the end of the day it is about mutual support.... As the platform develops further everyone will establish their close circle of friends that will be able to help each other out... Take a facebook as a prime example, usually people like their friends posts and pics and are able to get tens of votes on their entries.... At the moment the platforms is more or less "strangers" liking each other content. However, in order for steemit to succeed long term the number of users have to grow and a great start would be to bring your friends onboard and those will be the ones that will stay loyal liking your content... Well, just a thought!