I'm in agreement with ya'll about original content but it seems to go unnoticed. Patience is an important aspect to Steemit. I also believe it needs to be more than just tanking through gaining steem power like your playing a role playing game. I'm new and tracking what I am doing and the results.

I would say that I have a long way to go to make a big splash. That's not complaining just realizing it may take time. Today, was the day I thought all my 7 day curations would start being deposited but since my vote power was exhausted that plan doesn't seem to be working.

Knowing that I'm learning is more important than a few extra steem dollars. :)