Yes, it is still in its infancy and that's the main reason I'm staying. I'm not here for the rewards, honestly :) The problem is, rewards is exactly what gets your name up and out there, into Trending, Hot etc.

A reasonable return for blogging was more than I asked for or expected. I got nothing on Facebook, I get nothing on my blog.

I also got the message, the unspoken one, that because I spoke out about something, it all ended there. Take a look at my blog. I went from the occasional $50+ to the regular -$1 but +100upvoted post. The block-voting is an awesome and revolutionary device, it helps curation guilds and new users alike, but in the hands of someone that has an axe to grind, it can quickly put users off.

I don't need to blog on here, I should be spending the majority of my time writing and that's what I'm going back to. If I don't feel my work is valued, I don't need to stick around. I've been writing for a good long while and though I've not yet made it 'BIG', I do have a number of followers, as the graph on that post shows.