No wonder you say those people who powered down in the early days were making a big mistake @exyle.

I think you were more correct than you even realise.

This is an example of what it is like now . . .

I have been here just over 6 months. I have posted every day except Christmas day and my birthday, usually 4 times a day. I have made more than 12,000 posts.

I have managed to buy 120 Steem.

I have won a number of competitions giving me SBD and Steem.

I have been gifted a few delegations of 200 SP for different periods of time.

Even with all that, I have yet to reach 800 SP. 😂