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Well I'm trying, I'm putting a lot into my show.
I still have faith in the system.
Given not everyone is going to reap the rewards but that doesn't mean it's not worth the effort.

The rewards are not what's being discussed here. They're irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

You know what I mean though.
Don't get me wrong, I don't have any complaints about getting upvotes from those that don't pay attention to the content at all...but I still have a large appreciation for those that do

I absolutely adore both of the people who read my posts, don't get me wrong.

Lol

How can you generalize this? There are thousands of minnows out there how are actually engaged in local Steemit-communities and they are reading what the others are posting, believe it or not. E.g. I don´t care what is in the trending pages or what is posted by the rewardpoolrapists or the whales but I am reading what is in my feed.
You can´t conclude from your opinion to all participants.

Yet somehow, I just did. Amaze.

Then you have quite a different concept of a "social" media platform than me - which is fine.