Excellent post and well worth the read. I have been taking a complete break from Steemit for weeks now, and have just popped in today for the first time in a long time.

When I started with Steemit a year ago, I really believed that working hard and providing good content was what it was all about. Sadly, I discovered that it was more about getting votes from people who didn’t bother to read the content anyway. I decided to try using a bot and lo and behold I got flagged by a certain cat. It was bery disheartening, but others did come to my aid, building my earnings from the post back up. So, there are many decent people on Steemit, and I have made many virtual friends!

As a semi-retired senior trying to have fun making a little extra while working hard to do so, I felt very disheartened for a while, so decided to take a break for the summer. I hope to come back more refreshed soon.