"never get used to any level of support as things change quickly"
So many people who were early adopters just got comfortable and thought the good times would never end. Then their supporters quit or delegated a bunch of SP out and lost their vote power. Next thing they know their blogs are making very little. You should always be looking to see who is up and coming on the platform.
Many of the people from the old days complaining about lack of support enjoyed blind support obviously as at the first chance to earn more, they were dropped in favour of voteselling. It never had anything to do with their content.
The complacency led to poor networking too I think, much like many of those who buy votes don't have real followers, only frontrunners. If they stop buying, they lose everything.
And what is up and coming.