I'm still getting some comments and votes, but I'm not making much generally. Most comments earn nothing and a lot of posts do the same. I didn't expect instant riches, but with the following I have I might have hoped for better. Perhaps the update next week will make a difference
You need to create a following as you would if this were a youtube channel. Not everyone wants to read everyones stuff sadly. Find people that do!
Yeah, I keep engaging to try and build a following. Got 128 now, but many may be inactive. Steemit is still relatively small.
Out of ~125 followers my posts currently get around 25-30 upvotes (and usually around $0.10). I either need to make the posts better, or increase the number of followers at to at least 400-500. Hopefully in the next half a year that might happen. :-D
I'm lucky to get 20 votes with similar followers. You must have a few good ones to be making something. But it's still early days. When the next million join Steemit we will be well placed.
This is ponzi mentality. ;) But I do hope, that by the time next million will join, my skills and networking would help to be well placed. I also do hope, there will be a possiblity for those million(s) of nee users to get to that level and even overtake me, relatively quickly. That would mean that the system is working and all the people that like to cry "ponzi!" are wrong. :-)
And thanks. I think I still have a ways to go. Currently I make more stable momey by translating for @rusteemitblog. But I also provide the community service by translating for 10% of SBD payout, and since for a lot of people that is close to 0, it means I am mostly working for free. I do hope thar changes, or I'll have to stop/modify my pricing model. 8)
Not sure it counts as 'ponzi', but early adopters on this sort of site get some benefit if the price is low when we join. New users don't have to pay in anything if they don't want to. I assume the amount of SP allocated each day is constant and it will be spread thinner when there are more users.
I'm optimist for Steemit, but it has some challenges.