I joined over 7 months ago, poured my heart into a long post, and did not get a single vote. So I left kind of defeated. However, I came back about a month ago and I've been posting every day now. Some of my fiction stories have really taken taken off. 2 of them have earned over $20 one has earned over $50. Still, some of them only make like $0.50 or a dollar and since they take like 3 hours to write a chapter for, it makes it tough. I think I just need more followers.
More followers helps. Sometimes I post in different categories too, just too see whonis out there. If you average the post payouts, things may look better.