I'm all for replying to and upvoting posts, but it would seem that providing more articles is doing more for the community than just replying and upvoting. There has to be something to reply to and to upvote.

So, I want to know what "worked hard" really means, besides some platitudes that he gave back to the community. I saw a post that the author pointed out his own first post go him $5k. So, it would seem, that at one point, it was easier to earn money on Steemit than it is now.

I'm not discounting any effort of those who arrived at Steemit before me, I'm just curious as to what it really takes to end up with tens of thousands in STEEM Power when you start from scratch.