This post just came in right on time. I am presently feeling frustrated at the progress of my growth in the community. I know I'm a newbie and I should be patient, comment reasonably on people's post, upvote and all that. But I just feel like so many things are not right here. There's like a clique some people have formed and the rest of us not in the clique are just wanderers. I wanted to make a post about what I'm actually saying but I just saw this post and I became a bit calm and also felt like it's an avenue for me to breath and air my frustrations. I feel the frustration level is one stage everyone seeking for growth has to experience. So I'll just be patient like you said and keep pushing.
Speaking about begging for upvotes; As little as my upvote is, I hate the idea of people begging me for it. I just think it makes such person look incompetent (can't find a better adjective).
Great post by the way.
Don't blame steemit . It's the human nature.
I also get little furstrated from time to time.
I spend hours and hours writing and answering comments to get a $20 and someone copies/pastes a fucking meme and gets $100. Life isn't fair, neither is Steemit. :)
BUT, I know my approach is right and I carry on. I know this $20 , will be $30 , $40 ,$50 and I will eventually reach $100 each and every time not whenever a damn bots picks my posts.
Plus , I know I give real value to people.
Steem on !!!
I'm not blaming steemit because we (humans) actually make up the community. so, I'm very aware it's the human nature. Thanks for your encouragements. Steem on