My friend @iliasdiamantis. I think Steemit must not be like business, but one platform witch gives you the opportunity to communicate with others and show your work. Show your work like you (me, everyone) did in every social media platforms, but with vote system witch will pay you. No matter how much money you will earn. We must not forget that (one of the biggest platforms) Facebook added in our lives the "Like" and what we earn from it? Nothing but only one thumb-up and if more whiners than in real life.
Spend time, I don't think that steemit needs more time than any other social media. If you love what you do and don't make it just to make money (If you want to make money work, work and work) you will not spend much time.
Some words about numbers.
Numbers are everywhere. We are part of them. We live with them. We live FOR them. My moto in my work is "count 10, act 1" and this is what I believe we must do in our life.
Those of course are my opinions and nothing more.

Dear @onceuponatime If someone gives you the chance to win money, you will make the worst moves just to win more and more. If someone gives you a portion of money and then they gives you less, you will automatically bite them because they didn't gave you what they did before. If someone stop what he did, then you will find your self in whiner's possision just because they didn't gave you what they did before.
We (every people) must first of all make a simple question to our selves. do I deserve those gifts ?
We always start the whining because other people don't vote us, don't give us $$ but no one thinks how did this people made it and he is in this position to give us this vote.
Personally I am happy when I see my posts claim votes (I am not liar, I entered the steemit to help Greek-trail and why not win some money) but I will never be mad if I see other's people have greater votes than me. And of course I will never start yelling if a new member makes a mistake but I will try to help him not to make it once again. I am sick too and really don't want people like them too.

Dear @trumpman what you said (Its is not full time job) is 100% correct. No matter how $$ you earn, you must not forget that you (everyone, I am in too) are part of a trail, part of a group, part of friends. There are NO customers, there is no job. Even if we earn money it is NOT job. We help other members like they help us before of will help us in the future.

Last but not least
We must not forget we are humans. Thank you for your time.
Odysseas Tsouvalas