Well said @alexthemagician. Yes, it is disheartening to put hours of work into a post just to see it disappear in the Steemit sea with barely a ripple but, like you say, if one does it for the fun of posting, any payments are a bonus.
A lot of the big fishes on here were in at the very beginning and could build up huge amounts of SBD and Steem Power. Today the likes of us small minnows have to work a lot harder to get anywhere.
If we all keep posting, interacting and building up a good set of followers, we should do alright.
Upvoted and followed. :-D
Thanks for the attention and affirmation, I will continue to grind :)
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