What is the solution? Let`s encourage people who write big articles (no less than 1000 words). Is it possible to give it at least minimum number of votes to let it appear in hot or trending automatically? This is not about money or high rating, this is about making friends and to be heard!

Length is arbitrary, there are more than enough people ranting without trying to have a cohesive point or proof reading it.

I did propose some solutions in a recent story I published, mostly about how its difficult to really establish a meaningful consistent follower base currently on the platform. It wasn't getting much attention until a currator featured it, which is probably the reality of the situation right now for many. The practical solution for the time being is networking well and establishing at least a handful group of people that will read your posts and at least a few in there that have pretty good influence.

It is daunting though. I've been fortunate that the article I did put a lot of time into got a good response, but it took effort to ensure that it had the best chance of getting that response. If I had just posted it and turned off my computer, I guarantee it wouldn't have gone anywhere.

A big problem is how curator rewards work. You get far less points personal rewards if you upvote something soon after getting published, which encourages an opportunistic mindset rather than genuine interaction.

I'm really unimpressed, but there are people working on making things better, so for now its going to take a lot of extra effort and community engagement to have any traction...and even still, set your expectations low.