Nice post and good point. I guess starting out is the hardest and you have to put out quality content right from the start with hope that people will notice right away. It's hard to not get discouraged though, especially if you do put in the hours. Like this post, for instance:
https://steemit.com/music/@nickerpmg/best-diy-experience-ever-how-i-built-my-first-guitar-out-of-random-spare-parts
It's something personal and I think it's really cool, but it only got 3 views to it. So that right there kind of brought me down.
Need to be patient and keep going and eventually people will notice. There's less than 300,000 users here total now, and this audience is a lot more sophisticated than most social networks. So it makes it even more rewarding when something you write actually creates a discussion.
PS: didn't mean to plug my own post, just using it as example of what could ruin all desire to continue ))