Oh, I can't answer the question I guess. I voted on it but cannot answer for others. I remember back in the day when I used to get total rewards of around 0.50 on my posts...I stuck at it though. I used to do a lot of commenting on other people's posts and built relationships. Maybe that's the key? I don't know. Oh, another thing I did is make my writing about the enjoyment of writing which turned things around in truth. I began to enjoy myself more and not worry about the votes. They came anyway.
Anyway, thanks for joining in.
Thanks so much for the advice and support.
The point is that I don't understand what the criteria is for voting, I try to be original, use my own pictures, the text used should be exactly what I feel, respect the rules of the community, but the result is ......
I'm sorry, I hope I didn't upset you, but that's how I feel right now.
I understand what you mean, it's difficult to get attention and votes can be hard to come by. I appreciate you using your own photos, writing from the heart and all, which is why I support your posts when I see them. It's just very hard to get solid votes and always has been.
All I can say is keep plugging away at it. Write for you, shift the focus from reward and make it about the writing. For example, I just wrote a 2100 word fiction which I will post in a couple hours...It might get voted and might not but either way, I enjoyed writing it. That's my reward. Doing it that way circumvents any disappointment at not getting votes. You know?
I don't know what else to say really. Just keep at it.
Thank you for your encouragement.