From the comments section it is clear what is happening! New joiners (like myself) add too many people and end of day are unable to follow a steemer genuinely.
I felt the same pangs on so many occasions. I've poured mid-night oil in writing a poem from heart, gave my best shot at movie review and even tried posting stories. To be honest, I spend less than 3 hours on the actual article and half a day promoting my post to reach an audience of 10 people! My family time is going less and I DO NOT like this at all!
End of day, I notice that folks are attracted to up-vote only on posts having few hundred dollars to pump more money for themselves, or blindly vote on a good looking person or above average dolphin. We are left with little choice other than to use randowhale or whaleshares or minnowsupport to get some traction.
I don't think the recent hard fork did anything. Not one to use expletives, but in all honesty - it has only hard-fucked most of us :D
Ohhhhhh this guy is hilarious. You mean mean that the hard fork left you worse than it met you from what I can read from your post?
This is in relation to the way people began voting in a more conservative way. If you think about it, it became 1/4th.
Not everybody has more than 500 SP => NO SLIDER for most minnows. What do you think minnows will do if they want to make most of this? They vote on the high rollers...
Hence I will insist, as I have done in past. Don't simply vote, please comment and curate. Not everyone is here for the money. For many of us we just needed a more receptive audience :)
Don't get me wrong when I say this, I was not being funny. That was a genuine thought which I decided to express in response to your post.
It is okay, I promise you thay it can only get better. Keep doing what you love doing and be consistent. It will improve with time