For sure, well I'm here for the long run so anything I make in at least the month or two is nice, but more or less insignificant like you say. I'm going to keep "investing" my time in this platform on a regular basis for at least a couple months and hopefully build a large enough network at that point that I can begin posting and have a significant amount of eyeballs (and votes) on my posts.
I realize this will take time, and even after a couple months won't be anywhere approaching whale numbers but as long as I see some kind of progress I'll be happy! Then eventually I might start using my progress here as a springboard for online training, selling a product (ie, book/audio book)...who knows??!
What's your long term plan if you don't mind me asking?