I totally know how you feel. As a minnow I follow everyone who follows me but reponse is so poor that now I am fishing deliberately for people who share my interests. I've had some great results today.
So here's some acknowledgement: Thank you for your sane post that resonates. I'm upvoting it (a whole 1c)!
A penny saved is a...no not really. Thank you for that. You now have my follow.