Well said. We have to be providing some value of we expect to get anything out of Steemit. Of course some get trending based on rich friends, self-voting or buying votes, but I don't care about them. I'm looking for good stuff to read and the comments I get show that someone appreciates what I do. It took a long time to get there. I've done a crazy number of comments, but never begged for votes or follows. It has to be fun for me or I'd just give up, especially when I was hardly making anything
Exactly, and same for me- it has to be something fun, something I enjoy, or it is not worth my time and effort.