For sometimes now I have stopped posting on steemit community due to low/no upvotes on the previous posts I make. After toiling several hours to put write up together with no sign of view on the steemit, I felt discouraged and wonder if people actually read posts anymore on steemit.
Sometime it beat my imagination how steemit can be so difficult, frustrating and unrewarding. You keep laboring so hard, dedicating your tie and energy in consistently writing post yet no reward or encouragement for effort and time put in on those write up.
Time without number, I have read some scrappy posts on steemit with heavy upvotes and incredible payout, while I have equally read some very good and brilliant post with well articulated ideas yet with zero upvote and no payout. It seems nobody cares about good content after all. It is a shame seeing some whales who goes about making meaningless post but still get away with fat upvotes all in the name of steempower in their kitty. Some even visit your blog, made a comment, upvote their comment and left the actual post unattended to.
It is so sad that success on steemit is no longer about the quality of post or how in-depth your write up is. The bitter truth is that it is tough for a newbie to survive on steemit. The platform is no longer an avenue to encourage starter. I noticed that as a newbie, few whales will actually look at your post and offer a word of encouragement, upvoting newbies post is a taboo to most whales, else you are ready to boot lick and sing the praises of some them before getting little attention.
Yes! I must acknowledge the presence of some good people on the platform (steemit). Those that have been a sources of inspiration and sources of hope to newbies but unfortunately that they are just few in number.
In as much as this trend of selfishness and self centered continued, the best cannot be getting from people in term of ideas and knowledge sharing especially the brilliant new people in the community.