Very true, my friend. It is all a learning process for me. I know that I'm not a stellar writer myself, so I don't expect to get tons of love. At the moment I am trying to improve my craft and build up some followers while I continue to invest/power up.
I do use bid bots, but I don't go crazy with them. I'm not even using them for the purpose of making money; it's more to get exposure so that people will follow me and engage. In fact, I've already started to use them less because I get more up-votes from readers. I plan to stop using them completely after I get a decent enough following.
I guess that's why I say that you have to invest a little bit in the system if you want to get something out of it. And yes! For sure, 10c for a meme is more than you'd get anywhere else.