Yes, putting time and effort into a post and then getting buried in the noise can be quite frustrating.
I have to admit, the only solution I have found so far to swim on top of the noise sea at least for a little while is using voting and resteeming bots. If you stick around in the hot category for a while some people will pick up your post and vote on it, but without a huge follower base (especially people who auto-vote you) it is really difficult to draw attention to your contributions.