You read my thoughts. Very nice writing, good job :)
I've actually influenced a few other people around me to start posting on Steemit. Some of them dropped out shortly after, because they were expecting to earn lots and lots of money after their first 2 posts. They thought that they will, by magic, become popular and get lots of upvotes, even though I explained to them that it's not that simple.
Hhahahah I can relate to you with this one. It happened with me and my friends as well :p