count yourself lucky, I haven't made near that on any of pieces. The best tip I had was under 20. and it was for a comment, lol I'm lucky to get .1 or .02 on any of my pieces not matter how thoughtful or well written they are, from advertising ideas etc... Maybe I've pissed off all the whales over my time in cryptoland these last few years, who knows... I don't think my stuff has been that bad. Heck even if I don't agree with a post but it's well written, makes it's point and seems like legit original content I'll give it an upvote. not that it adds any amount of $ :(
https://steemit.com/steemit/@fonzerrellie/who-else-found-btc-and-cryptos-thanks-to-doge

The site needs 100x the people on it, and that isn't going to happen if it turns into a circle jerk of friends vote on each other and the odd hot girl while the rest of us can barely get someone to a few dollars worth with 30+ votes.

this can be a long downward spiral or it could be a STEEM powered rocket ship that grows faster than any other crypto or platform has before.

I agree it's up to the "whales" and with Synereo coming out soon the clock is ticking