As someone relatively new to Steemit, I found this post quite useful, so thank you! I also didn't know about steem.supply until your post and it's definitely a useful resource, so thanks for introducing that to me as well!
I did know about payouts disappearing after a week and I wrote a post about it (which didn't earn anything - heh), because I find that to be one of the best things about this platform. If you want to earn anything from Steemit, you have to continue to be creative and continue interacting and building relationships. It's the only social media platform I've seen that truly encourages community building.
I know one of my goals with Steemit is to grow my account so I can help other interesting content creators grow their accounts, but I can tell that's a long way off. In the meantime, I'll keep creating content and interacting with interesting content creators - I'm sure I'll get somewhere eventually.
Good luck on your Steemit journey as well!
Hey @jasonvincion thanks for your comment! I'm glad that I could teach you something :).
Yeah, I can understand that its pretty frustrating to get absolutely no upvotes. Its super important to connect with as many people as possible first by commenting as much as you can. Think for every post that you do you need to do 25-30 comments. I see that you are into beer and brewing, theres a great developing beer community here on Steemit. My husband @bradlovesbeer is one of them, hes a noob too! There is a weekly contest called #beersaturday where people post what they are drinking along with a story. I think 5 people get a price of some SBD which can be used to promote your posts. I hope this helps a little! I am still learning and hope to create a post once in a while to summarize what i learn along the way.
Thanks for the advice - I appreciate it! I've got some commenting to do and I'll check out your husband's blog, as brewing is definitely one of my passions (and my profession). I'm not sure I'll be able to participate in #beersaturday today, as I'll be busy brewing a batch. Maybe I'll have time after I'm done!