I like the sentiment.

I'm as real as it gets. I get a 1 or 2 dollars for my own stories, my own creativity (written a bit crap, maybe, but I'm new to this).

But very real.

Then you see posts from people getting $300 in 2 days of comments - the longest comment being wooohoo - a whole 15 words !!!

It does demoralize you.

I fear for steemits longevity.
If another platform comes along -
and it's a level playing field from the creative input side, - a free market of allocation of resources - based on the work - and not in competition with people gaming the system, steemit will become a past model.
Quickly.

I hope I'm wrong.