I also appreciate it. @sirwinchester is a very humble person. His posts have a much larger reach than mine. Even though I promoted him, his promotion to me is incredibly valuable and I am greatly appreciative not just for the kind words acknowledging me, but for our new friendship and the ability to work together and create things that individually we may not have been able to do alone.

I'm all for putting my time into people that will work hard to become successful and have a drive to better themselves. I have a lot of free time right now to help people near me in Buffalo that are looking to grind and put their passions into steemit. I don't have time for whiners and complainers anymore. Steemit is what you make it. It could be a place to casually post content, a place to read interesting things, or something you can dedicate and work as hard as you can in.

Hard work never goes unpaid. That payment may not be monetary, but it is always benefitial to work as hard as you can in anything you do.