These are all very valid points that would help improve the experience for everyone!! I like the idea you mentioned in point 3 where you're forcing someone to actually read your article. I get the same on my posts from time to time. Upvoted but not even read, haha!! Point 1 is also something that I feel strongly about. It would be great to be able to adjust my personal feed in a similar fashion to the general Steemit feed plus added in there your suggestion on the Google feed system. Great points raised here!!