Inspired by recommendations like this and this I've come up with the idea that we just need to introduce the concept of bookmarks on Steem. All we need is another tab in your profile and a Bookmark button. I guess the back-end implementation is also quite easy.
This way you could just find one good author and then follow her recommendations, discover another author and so on. A great source of inspiration.
Also, it would make your life a lot easier on Steemit. How many times you remember you've read something interesting on Steem and you want go back to it and you try to find it. Not an easy task. So now you could just bookmark it and the problem is solved.