@phillybull - Totally agree with you. tbh this platform has progressively worse since I signed up back in June. Example I get a couple of cents for my post that could potentially earn people a lot of money and then a bot posts and it gets 0.77c Upvote.
I'm in the process of powering down the small amount I have invested and am getting out of Steem. It's not showing any potential far as i'm concerned other than the early adopters who hold everyone else to ransom with voting power.
I'd be happier risking it on B3 etc or Bitconnect as I know at least I will make something for my effort.
If you didn't add any sponsor to your account yet, I would be happy to offer myself :)