Also, I don't appreciate how you're trying to tell me things were easy for me. I worked pretty damn hard for what I earned and continue to do so. Downplaying my efforts doesn't sit well with me. You weren't here and you based your response on hearsay. I'm not angry. I do realize that's a common misconception around here, so whatever, I deal with it, it's not the first time I heard it.

I was no means saying you didn't work hard, it wasn't an attack. It was a generalization about a well know fact of Steemit. I was saying you most likely could get a $100 post back then far easier (without bots) than you can now. Back then Steem Power was worth far less, so you gained far more Steem Power for those $100 posts.

Here is an example of your account. You can see the massive difference in Steem Power growth back then. I didn't need to be around back then, the data is all publicly available and easily accessible.

Naive new members are misled to believe this post on trending is here because it is popular

This is exactly my point, that is the story of the entire trending page and how it's always the same people with the same voting circles regardless of the content they produce.

I've upvoted your previous comment 100%, it was the best I could do because I feel time is money and you deserve that at least.

Thanks, I actually appreciated the discussion. It was the point of the post, to create a discussion, it's a lot better than the typical "nice post, upvote follow, vote me" discussion that goes on.

I sent something nice to one of your recent posts.