I really appreciate the effort and thought you put into this post.
Didn't read beyond the 1st 1/3
TIME is of the essence - there isn't enough of it and Steemit like all social media is a total TIME WASTE

The worst thing is 4 days have gone by and only 12 views - 6 upvotes and $0.18 return

Proof as many have discovered Steemit is not the pot of gold for content creators they hoped it would be. In fact you can't even give stuff away.

There are only 800K users. Imagine if there were 8, 80 or 800 MILLION users.

Good luck!