Posts like these are great for newbies on the platform showing that hard work does payoff and the people that are getting rewarded for great content have mostly put in the time and the effort. There are a select few that buy their way to the top, but as you've pointed out in previous comments they usually don't stick around very long as the bid bots are the ones that usually profit the most.
At some point, they won't want to pay the costs of growth and since they haven't got anyone real to talk to, why stay?