I got nowhere for the first few months on site but I can see a lot more growth now after building up connections and following.
Absolutely. That is the point people miss. STEEM is a compounding system and part of the payoff when compounding is time. What you do today does not pay you today buy many times down the road. Each SP you add to your account adds to your VP which means you will increase your curation reward, no matter how slightly, each time you hit the upvote button. Sure, in most cases it is not noticeable...but over time it is.
The same thing with followers...gain one today who follows you regularly, and that person might vote for you over and over again.
So few of us really are conditioned for the compounding/exponential idea that it is completely missed.
And I do agree 1000% with you on the early adopter...everyone on here now earning some SP is going to do sensational over the next couple of years.
Things are going to explode.
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