I know a whale who comes from way down and now he's up there... But somehow he is too busy... busy as in busy... But he can't be in two places at the same time. Though we chat from time to time. I don't beg for anything even if I earn cents nowadays. He can upvote you via curation if somehow likes your post if not sorry for that and sometimes he personally upvote if he's not that busy...
I've tasted dollars after dollars for many months and now as I'm back to being a newbie again... So that's how life is... We don't know what may happens next... Just keep on goin... Positively.