Thank you for this post. I am completely new to Steemit, and I just got my account approved yesterday. I’m still trying to figure out exactly how all this works. I have heard about the “follow for follow”, and even people upvoting their own posts and then buying more Steem power to keep getting more money. I knew that sounded suspicious. I’m guessing the only way to really get something lucrative going is to write great content with some value to those who read the posts. I’ve heard someone else give the advice to “treat this like any other social media, interact with people, and the rest will come in time”.