Oh i know man. Its just that abit really has cut my pay here substantially with his little (ill thought) "experiment".
What most people dont know is that i have paid nearly all my earnings toward building tools for steem and bitshares to use to the benefit of both...just doing blanket flagging of legitimate posts and work because its "unfair" newbies arent paid anywhere near what im paid (after 3 years of largely unpaid work mind u) is definitely not the answer.
You will build a following who will support you over time. Dont worry about that. But i guess YOU DO have to worry about someone who has a witness and never has to write posts to earn steem coming in and saying "you dont deserve all this support" and stomping on your face with a shit-covered boot...because they have no clue what its like to actually build such a following.