Yes, you are right. Many have quite a bit of time invested into Steemit and are the super early adopters. Many were steeming even before the first payout in July. How is that for dedication? Steeming on IOU.

Keep it up. You can get there. It's cool to see you investigated it and realized the time they have invested.

That are one or two I have seen be successful really quick but they had a following on other platforms, such as Youtube before transitioning to Steemit.