I was on Squidoo! I don't remember any money from it :)
I've been screaming about the Alexa ranking to all my contacts who are content creators ever since I got here. That was my most compelling reason to join. I've had really good results on my other sites from posting here and my posts rank well if I get over the $10 payout level or so. So far - few of my contacts try - and fewer succeed in this very difficult place.
What I mean by "those people" is that the @archange reports show close to 8000 steemers above the level of redfish. If I actively follow everyone good that I see as I browse here for over 7 months, why am I only following 3000+?
Maybe that is a reasonable number; I'm not sure. These days if I scroll 50 comments on a good post, I am already following at least 45 of the people posting them.