You made a very good point, my dear. Life on Steemit is not easy for a content creator. I came to a conclusion lately: the recipe for success here means 40% quality and 60% politics. A good post is not necessarily upvoted unless you have friends. Of course, having friends is great (this being a big plus for Steemit) but in some cases this situation causes unpleasant things like putting on trending page rubbish.
But this shouldn't bring our morale down. We must feel motivated and keep creating good posts. Nobody will ever be question our performance on Steemit. 🙂
Plus, growing on the platform gives us the opportunity to support those who begin their Steemit journey. I personally choose to give an upvote to every good post I find, no matter what reputation or if the person is a friend or a complete stranger.
"Plus, growing on the platform gives us the opportunity to support those who begin their Steemit journey. I personally choose to give an upvote to every good post I find, no matter what reputation or if the person is a friend or a complete stranger" I try to do the same, if i scroll my wall and i find a good post i give my beast upvote to it ^^ yesthis kind of nepotism it'snot really fair but it is how the world work i suppose, not only steemit ^^
Unfortunately this is the way our society works. And Steemit does not help a lot. We drain our voting power so fast... I'd wish to be able to upvote more people.