Hey thanks for your upvote on the podcast! And don't worry, I've gotten quite a few GooseEggs on posts, even after being here a few weeks. What I've found works (other than great content which is subjective of course) is follow A LOT of people, GO to their articles when they're new in your feed, and make an intelligent comment if you have one. (If you don't remain silent, or just upvote.) Point is people will follow you the more you post comments on articles, especially if you make good comments "that add value to the article and community" and if you make them early to be seen. Those that follow you, become your upvoters later, which is where the money is. It don;t cme easy but it's there.
Best, Guy