I'm still very new here... my first post was only about three weeks ago. But I think you hit the nail on the head "it’s more than most of us are making by posting on Facebook or Instagram." Anyone who expects things to always go up is just setting themselves up for disappointment. Primarily I'm really interested in the platform and learning how things work, not that I wouldn't be happy for a nice payout from time to time, but even my best commercial clients have slow times when I don't hear from them for a year or more. If I closed up shop, I'd never get that next gig. The only way you really loose is to give up.

Oh and here's that first post by the way... https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@bhp/bill-heller-photography