Welcome to the 21 century of self-fulfilling egos, you have to take time for yourself and cool-off when the negatives get so much. It's not so much about content here but networking, networking and marketing yourself... there is tons of awesome content there but those who are well connected would continue to get big payout...all the best in your endeavors, I myself giving this Steemit some serious thought and how long I would continue here, its quite clear it ins't about content
I don't need to cool off at all, mate. I was in a really great mood when I wrote this post, and I still am.
But yes, it is about networking. Only I don't believe it is about marketing yourself, but rather, marketing the parts of yourself (genuine or otherwise) that you feel will be beneficial to your Steemit career. I know this is something that happens on all social media, but the interconnectivity between this and the prospect of earning money has, in my opinion, created a particularly unique type of ugliness.
It certainly is, I consider my posts great and informative, I see folks post the same thing hours later an get 10X the amount of upvotes, so its all about developing your own community that can support you, having a couple whales as friends would help...it certainly hasn't reach the point where all can successful write and create a career here for themselves unless they are actively engaged with a few members with significant SP, probably this is a reflection of the society we live in, some would get ahead because of who they know and who supports them or what they can invest and an get ahead