What do you mean he hasn't looked hard enough? He's saying newbies often don't get the recognition they deserve, which is in part true. Then you see someone post a photo everyday with $200 everyday.
I'm not saying people on here who have a ton of SP don't deserve it, hell half of them probably paid for it, that was just smart thinking right there. The problem is we quickly lose users because they don't see any action on their posts. Hoping communities will help with this. If people would stick it out for more than two weeks they'd start to make friends, gain followers, gain SP, etc etc. All good things in time, but sadly we live in an age where people want instant gratification.
I do think we will see this becoming less of a problem as time goes though
Oh sure, but as long as I’ve been here, newbies (myself included in the early days) seem to see Steemit as inherently unfair with deserving posts getting ignored and crappy ones getting well rewarded. But I think that, as people gain more experience here, they find that it’s more nuanced than that and that there are also excellent posts that get well-rewarded and dreck that gets downvoted to oblivion.
So very true.
Ah I see, yes it is pretty nuanced, good posts are one thing, but community, interaction, marketing, vote bots, the list goes on for things that can accelerate our growth here. Even a bit of luck goes a long ways, like whether or not a whale sees your stuff.