Totally understand your frustration. Been writing on and off on Steemit for a couple of months by now, to see whether or not my writing could be appreciated by others, and what content I could focus on to later on perhaps freelance for a writing-ish job. I still don't really have a clue what influences the amount of votes posts get (timing, title, tags, etc); but to be fair I never really gave it any thought either until yesterday, reading a post about @randowhale. And WAUW I didn't realize there were so many tools to get more disclosure / votes!
I've got to know Steemit last Summer and was excited about a community that could evaluate quality content to motivate good writers to share their stuff. And I can totally relate when you say it's a pitty some abuse the platform as a means for a quick-fix for cash.
Keep up the good work though, would be a shame to see Steemit becoming another Myspace filled with spam!
(Btw, I wanted to save your post as I couldn't reply earlier; Pocket provides recommendations related to keywords in the content you save: wanted to share with you as I really started laughing out loud haha 😅 )
Same here, it seems completely random sometimes! Posts I share that I feel don't deserve much, sometimes make a pretty good amount, while posts I worked hard on hardly gain anything.
Haha, oh my gosh, that's awesome! I love how these recommendations are self-help things to try and calm you down. How considerate! :D
(A little zooming in necessary I'm afraid ;) )