Curation is the lifeblood of the STEEM ecosystem. It can sometimes seem thankless, never-ending, without reward. Every Steemian who has more than a couple of cents worth of upvote has gone through the same thing. It's not linked in, nor is it Facebook. And earning serious rewards takes time, the biggest one being that you have to grow your community.
A few tips:
Get into the discord channels. Join some groups there, make a few friends and followers who are into the same things. Use the Looking for Niche bot to find people into similar things.
Remember, Steemit is still in beta. It's the earliest of early days yet. There are a lot of things wrong with this ecosystem at the moment, but the groundwork is all there for something huge. I'd encourage you to stay with it. Talk to me about how to get up there, you know I'll be happy to give you as much help as I can.
Thanks @anarcotech you speak in a language there that is a little advanced for a non-techie newbie like me but I appreciate the tips. I will research what some of those things mean & take appropriate action.
Right now more basic understanding of those newbies among us could do with disseminating through, fortunately I found quite a few great helpers & some great basics by simply trawling the system. I’m not convinced the spoon fed social media visitors who simply want a voice & not the financial return would persever the same, not when we’re (I) am relying on such platforms to be my readers.
I’m keen to see if curating valued content will work for readership sake more than upvotes or if a gamed system will win - time will tell.
Kindest DJ