Well, I will give some of this a try! I have had the same ups and downs with Steemit.
I did think there was more to this than 'just look at the picture '. Yet, not sure what I expected either.
Not even aspiring to be a whale. Can't decide some days if I want to work at this, keep it as a hobby or turn it off.
Guess if we wrote about cryptos or Bitcoin we could be whales.
Now it has just become a personal challenge, fun and a hobby.
And will keep trying, too.
One secret is that if you see someone being successful, take a look at their wallet and see what they are doing.
It really doesn't help that most of the people explaining how Steemit works are programmers. They are all probably great programmers, but for the most part they are horrible teachers. Take a look at post by @yabapmatt. So far he is the only programmer that seems to have the skill to take the technical details and translate them from a programmer's language to English. I read several of his post and was impressed enough to vote for him as a witness and he's my only vote so far.
One secret is that if you see someone being successful, take a look at their wallet and see what they are doing.
It really doesn't help that most of the people explaining how Steemit works are programmers. They are all probably great programmers, but for the most part they are horrible teachers.