I would say that makes perfect sense! That is why we do it, right! Like most minnows my posts do not make a lot of money but I just keep plugging away and commenting on posts. Getting to know people is the key, then come the followers and then the votes. Remember this though, just because you have 1000 followers does not mean you will have 1000 votes on your posts. It seems lots of my followers are dead followers, they have left and quit posting and commenting on Steemit.
yup
there are over half a million accounts on Steemit.
of which perhaps one tenth are active.
and only half of that post content.