I completelly agree on your post.
The FREE internet fever, and now the GET RICH QUICK fever in the cryptospace makes people tend to believe it is just jumping in and getting easy Steem.
Nothing comes free in life, my posts get very low steem, some of them even give me zero, but still I have made some profit from posting and expressing my ideas and interacting with those users I consider valuable.
Just forget about the Steem. Enjoy the comunity, post what you know well and if people likes it, results will come. And even if you get small payments, you are just enjoying which is the best way to use your time!