My argument is you! You've been working like crazy for months, putting really valuable content out. But still, your rewards doesn't go over 20$, and as soon as you will stop posting, nobody will really care and the earnings will stop.
Why I am saying that? Well, this is a prototype. Bigger, smarter people are already working on something more user friendly :).
Yeah, it's really hard for people that are not cool with the big guys.
Giving up and just switching because its currently hard times ain't how I roll.
Man, you know that all this is BS. The thing with Steemit is, you can get quicker small money, compared with an YouTube channel or a classic blog. But that's it. You and your content are solely dependant on the market moves.
Accumulate tons of SBD and cash that out at a high prices=enough cash for years, I just wait for that.