The fact that most have thought about it doesn't meant that most have acknowledged it or learned how to live with that piece of information.
But of course I agree - comparing yourself to people ridiculously better or ridiculously worse at something than you is pointless, as it either leads to anxiety or false, arrogant and hollow feeling of superiority.

also, I think the term circlejerk can be applied just as well to steemit, because it's a happy place where everyone is polite to each other, as nobody wants to be downvoted.