When someone's baffled with the idea of making money through writing, they try to manipulate the system, and this also happens when you don't have an innate passion for writing - otherwise you would never jeopardize your online image in front of people you hope to inspire and learn from. It's a slow process and perhaps true passion is the only thing that will help you forward.

You've stated things above that I have personally been through ever since I've been here. Yes,its great that you can earn from steemit, but let's not forget that it's not just a money making machine. It is a wonderful place to meet people, amazing ones at that, learn about them and actually let things out the way you can't otherwise! It's so liberating! Being a newbie, I don't get a lot of response either but the act of writing and posting itself is so therapeutic!