Many people jump on board the 'Steemit is unfair boat' too quickly, for those who do not have the luck or notoriety to get onto a whale's bot list. It takes time to develop a fan base and you need consistently good posts, how do you suggest someone keeps their motivation up for continual posting?
spoke to that question in my post The Top SEVEN Tips For Steemit Newbies To Overcome Discouragement And Get Earning Top Dollars...
To clarify: I was writing for a month straight, obsessively focused before being putting on the bot list. The reason I got put on wasn't because of luck - unless by "luck" you mean a shitload of hard work, including 15 years of intensive study and skill development.
I went through my bouts of discouragement, comparing my low rewards with others' ridiculous ones. It took alot of persistence. Just gotta keep at it, pace yourself, become a student of the five types of value and focus on packing as much value as you can into every post - becoming an increasingly-valuable contributor to the community.