Try blaming yourself.
Damn, i do that every single day. Still not enough to get myself as good as i like.
what i observed here is that there are alot of people who joined this platform who are "not made to be content creators".. in a sense that they are here chasing quick bucks without knowing the brutal world that is being a content creator, the requirement to stare at the screen till the eys hurt and type till the hands get numb, the price of alienating everyone close to you and fade away from the outside world, the nights staying up till 1-2am doing nothing else than grind grind grind. If I upvoted myself everytime i saw a "I wrote a good post but no one upvoted me" comment, it would be enough to get myself lynched for self-voting.
These people wont last 2 days outside of Steemit.
It's funny because I myself am likely one of those person, well at least i dont think im entitled.
It one of the reason I decide spread out to other platforms.. While Steemit is the birthplace of my writing aspiration, I know i need get to other platforms if i wanna do this full time.
There are a few different types of people here, much like in life. I'm sure you've worked before so you know about the new guy who after working one week already wants a raise and thinks they can the run the place better than the boss. They don't last long, anywhere. Job to job and they take that attitude with them everywhere they go. Oh! And it's never their fault (but in reality, it's all their fault, but nobody can ever get through to them). Those people are actually quite common.
@nonameslefttouse Sad but true, hopefully they change for the better. Otherwise we'd have to eventually focus away to people who are more positive and uplifting. No use hanging around people who aren't growth centric.