Myself, @followbtcnews, and several others have made it into the top 20 by doing positive work for the platform
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@timcliff I think this deserve a post on it's own , majority of the steemians haven't this materialize and your lived experience may show us that it's possible to have upward mobility in STEEM ecosystem.
https://steemit.com/blog/@terrybrock/steemit-success-series--timcliff-on-who-to-target-with-your-content-1512178826-124805
Nice !!