The problem I have is something you mentioned too. If I don't get a curie which is 1 time a month my rewards reach maybe around 1 $. And that is because I invested a lot in steembasicincome giving me a 0.9 vote plus my investment in qurator. Without that my rewards would be 0.10 while I post works which took me weeks or more. I know low rewards don't mean the content is crap but it feels like a slap in the face everytime thinking why I even bother putting effort in it. I keep on going because I don't want to give up and want this to work. Also the nice community and many comments on my work give me a bit of boost. But low rewards really kills the motivation and feels like hard work is worth nothing and completely the opposite of what people say in the comments. It's like you play in a band and everyone says your band is awesome but never buy merch or an album...
I think if steemit is more focused on people who just want to read blogs and upvote without understanding it all would be a big improvement and attracts readers.
Maybe but don't forget everything went down with Steem's value. Several months ago, when it was between 3 to 5 dollar or euros, i'd get effective votes from @slothicorn, @artzone, sometimes from qurator and other supportive accounts like @curie. That would have made posting sustainable without the absolute need of a whale passing by (whales would still be what could really make a post booming but they would still nonetheless hit between 10 or 30 stu's, which is acceptable).
I think it just has to go up again.
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True but slothicorn isn't active anymore when they were they supported me a lot :) Would be nice if there were more groups like slothicorn.
I hope it will soon :)