Though it may appear biased coming from me, but circle jerking is the last thing that people in the steemstem community engage in. About the length of a post, I'm sorry if you feel that way. I doubt you can get any good curation is your plan is to "beat about the bush" to borrow your term, to get up to 1000 words. Have it in mind that 1000 words is never the standard to getting good curation. Thank you for voicing out your concerns.