Sorry I got your name wrong and I know you work hard, I don’t question that. But I’ve seen people work at a same level as you and create the same level of quality, more than a few, I went through a period of working that hard that hardon my posts too (I still work hard although not less of it goes to my posts and more of it goes to showing respect and support for people who have had a hard time getting noticed).
At a certain point, it becomes hard to justify putting all that effort into your post if no one noticed. I’ve forced through and have been relatively succesful, but I don’t believe the grind should have to conform to certain tactics that many of us don’t like and all I’m doing is exploring other ways to make the grind a little more natural and enjoyable for us. I admit I am frustrated, so if you want to think we are just whining because we weren’t not chosen for some whales speedy growth program (not saying you didn’t deserve it, you did), OK let us whine a bit so we can be honest with ourselves, please try to admit that you may not have all the answers for everyone, a thousand roads can lead to the same place. You’ll see that I made a point to say there is no need to blame or demonize anyone, even people whose behavior we disagree with, and that it’s important to stay positive.
Yes I know ways to make money that I don’t use. Many companies make more money harming the environment, does that mean everyone should? Sometimes you don’t like a method of getting something you want enough to look for some other way, is that so wrong?
Regardless of the statistics (which I imagine are incredibly hard to get accurately, although I will read more about it) when you open the trending/hot pages, you see most of the posts here have been promoted to an insane degree by upvote services.
All I can say to your last comments is that it’s very easy to say that when it’s paid off for you. I can also say that perhaps you point to a reality that myself and some of my favorite steemians need to level up a bit to be even more clear, focused and positive than users like yourself who found their place here rather quickly and easily if we want to be succesful without taking every single opportunity to make money when it doesn’t make us feel good and doesn’t reflect who we are.
"because we weren’t not chosen for some whales speedy growth program (not saying you didn’t deserve it, you did)"
A speedy growth program? I got a 500 SP delegation from @underground and that was it for the "growth program". 500 SP is what makes the difference?
Yeah, I was still a Minnow then and living the Dolphin Life LOL
Even TASK is not a whale, just a great big Dolphin. All of us Dolphins and Near-Dolphins with Taskmaster were working with and for each other, but beyond the SP it was mostly just pats on the back and encouragement, Right Maxey?
That's a main motivator for the MInnowBootCamp, trying to have extra help for the enrollees. And thank You for Your Support! The payments just went out, did you see your wallet yet?
Yeap.