Believe me, I was like you just the same. My first post made some $300+ woo. I've made some good damn rewards the first day. That lured me here. Ok I got in, I posted everyday about my travels for the past 4 years, I have to post everyday because I want to get those memories out of my system and start posting the most updated one.

But that was just the first few weeks, there are hands controlling the posts and luring people, maybe?

I live off steemit btw, so you can maybe understand now why the boosters are an alternative solution to the faulty system. It's not the others fault if they don't see your post, it's just the way it works around here these days. Writing good content, writing comments etc, because if you look below my posts, I have already preached the same to others. Now, I'm just being realistic here.

So when I see my followers not getting any upvotes despite them writing really good content, it makes me sad. So I am only providing a solution here. Some peolple have money to invest in steem power, some people have money to invest in whalebots, so let them be. In the end, the returns are the same.

(partly because I prefer the feeling of authentic rewards, but mostly because I cannot be bothered dealing with it, hehe).

Rewards are the same. You get some return on investment. I may not have a one time big time money to invest in steem power, but I have some to invest in my post because I have confidence in what I write.

So if you want to continue doing what works for you, then good for you. To each his own.