but in the end, it is often a single player who makes up the majority of the payout.
It is the same for many of us who do not get consistent support. 366 is really good in two months these days I think. Steem was worth a 'bit' less when I started so it was easier in some ways to collect but, most people's votes were worthless until HF19. Pretty much to make any decent amounts required the grace of whales.
Sometimes i'm still considering to invest some outside money into steemit, but i don't really have that kind of free money available. In any case, all of my payouts will pretty much be used to power up in the foreseeable future. I have pretty high hopes for steemit :)