Dude, it's so true!! I remember when I was new and eligible for Curie upvotes - I'd get huge upvotes on pretty much every music post I made, even though frankly a lot of them were crap.

Then I hit whatever rep it was - 60, maybe - that made me not eligible. I used to earn 50+ steem easy per post, suddenly I was earning 10 or less. It took some humility to accept that and keep posting... honestly, I had a few weeks where I barely posted. But now I'm back, and I hope to achieve that prior success through the strength of my legit fan support.

thanks for your feedback!