Good post, Jeff.
Like you mentioned, people don't seem to realize that most of the people doing well on here already had a huge social media following that took years to build. Or they were "famous" or otherwise influential in their industries, etc.
I was thinking the same thing about the people with 50 Facebook friends surprised they get less likes, than say, Ozzy Osbourne's Facebook fanpage or whatever.
follow me and upvote my posts... I will do that for you as well, we can help build a network for each other...