For want it is worth, I found Obsidian and the plug-in Nostr-Writer the least frictional way to do quality long-form posts.
For me, I'm attracted posts or podcasts that provide useful information on how to accomplish something or provide an overview of some upcoming tech like ecash etc...
Most of my posts simply aim to teach others how to accomplish stuff that I've been using or working on. Since I'm eating my own dog food, that is reward enough for me. Any other recognition is just icing on the cake.