Reputation and reward go hand in hand
We as the limited users using STEEMIT (around 30 000 users) can make a real difference by building a reputation while we still can.
Yes it is very difficult to be noticed as new posts speedily disappear of the new post list. I know that most of us feel that our posts are great if somebody will just notice my post:)
But for now my goal is to build a reputation of posting interesting facts, and adding value to the community.
There is no substitute for hard work.
We work hard on building a good reputation while there is still a relatively small user base it will make a huge difference in the long run.
There are a lot of people that have built a reputation online during the past few years.
Although users on Steemit are actually blogging, I do not want to compare Steemit to the traditional blogging, but would like to use Blogger as an example of how building a reputation on Steemit can definitely assist in gaining reward in the long term.
If we look at the current community on Steemit, a total of just over 30 000 accounts and look at the currently trending posts we rarely see more than 500 votes on these posts which indeed pays out amounts not to be frowned upon.
A post with around 500 votes (Including Whales) pays anything around $10 000 - $15 000. I know it is a very rough indication but that is not my point.
If you have around 300 000 users on the system, these same votes should theoretically get more votes, let say 5000 votes. What will happen when we hit 3 000 000 users.
My Point is that we should all stick to or guns, work hard at what we do to become better writers and most importantly support other users in the community to build a following and therefore reputation.