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Awesome work! Fantastic :D

Why: "it depends mostly on how many early followers you have." ??
Please explain for a newbie?

Cheers :)

If you don't have followers it'll be hard for anyone to find your work.

well, the reward comes from upvotes, but just upvotes from users with many SteemPower in their wallets give you a good amount. And users from half of 2016 are the ones with enough SP, mostly.