People get put off by politics.
or in any other specialty that most people aren't interested in...keep writing on it.This is true; but as @aggroed points out, if you are interested in this...
Talk about what's meaningful to you even if no one is listening
It can be obvious if you are just throwing out posts willy-nilly, trying to get upvotes. There is no passion in your writing when you do this...
BUT
Things kept creeping along
Stick it out. Expand your areas of interest. Network by reading other folks' posts and commenting!
and you can still beDo as @aggroed did and learn from those who have success. You can help others new to the platform (yes even as a new user yourself), you learn new things and write about them with interest,
uncompromising on talking about some things that still no one cares about, but it's important to me.
Great post, even though I will still be focusing on politics, myself ;>