as a newbie to this system (less than 4 month) I am facing what you said personally! I dedicate some of my upvoting power daily to NEW posts which I find interesting, but they make little money in the end so I don't get much Curation reward.
I try to write quality content, but no one ENGAGES and SEES them.
I even had post which a whale liked (as he commented) and confirmed it was useful for him, but didn't upvoted! :)
I had a post similar to yours, I described Steem has a great business Idea, but not a great business model. it's not sustainable.
sustainable business model needs:
- value for new comers who are persistence in presence (they are like middle class to a society comparing to whales as the rich)
- a way of making money for the system rather than speculating on crypto's value
I believe steemit can use parts of ORTHODOX business models like adwords and adsense to make these goals, combining them with the current model
Got your point and i do agree with part of it. But i cant stop thinking about the sustainability of the system.
I respect your opinion, and i have mine: sustainability matters and it will be possible with reasonable growth and benefit for hard working middle class