Hang in there. Every social network goes through their initial growing pains. Facebook was a trashy spammy site when it first started....Well...they still are a trashy spammy site. Bad example.

Anyway, Steemit will work itself out over time. It's designed such that good content will eventually rise to the top. It's up to the community to downvote the spam, and to teach those who post only pictures of cats that they won't rise very quickly that way.

People come here because they want to make money. That's actually a good thing. Markets create opportunities. Opportunities bring competition. Competition brings innovation. Just like any market where money flows, that will always attract the beggars and panhandlers.

Those beggars and panhandlers aren't inherently bad people. They just need to learn how to work. They simply need to be taught that in order to succeed at this, they'll have advance from beggars and become street performers. They need to learn how to find their gifts and hone their skills on those gifts. From there, they can land their gigs, and eventually become a star.

It's up to us to teach that.

Those who want to make it here and are sincere in their efforts will keep producing good content, and they'll stay. Those who are lazy and just want a quick buck will keep falling by the wayside. Eventually the good content will surpass the junk in the new posts feed.

Here's an idea. Instead of going directly to the new posts feed at the top, try narrowing down to individual tags that interest you and check the new posts there. That's usually the best place to find new and undervalued posts.