I can relate with her feelings too. steemit is strange and odd. The entire behaviour of people are a bit awkward from time to time.. But one should take note of the fact that steemit is still new and yeah. Money is the factor here. Most of the users on steemit are here for one thing only, and that's money.

I recently poured my soul in two of my posts and even with more than 100 followers, I still haven't got more than 40 and 45 votes on those posts.. The reason for it? - Who knows. Perhaps my followers didn't like the post. Perhaps they haven't read it.. Perhaps my post disappeared among all the other content being created .. Luck & timing. That's what will bring you success on steemit right now.. And, good content.

My girlfriend feels the same way. She's trying to share her photos on steemit, and she gets between 2 and 8 upvotes on average most of the times.. It's awful. She deserves way more than that.. And I bet your fiancee does too.