"You are only as good as the last piece you published."
This is very true. Whenever you write for the web (and remember- it is there forever) you will be judged by the quality of your work. The ones who are truly succeeding here, the ones who have been here a while and have ten thousand followers, are the ones who write original content that is compelling, and they are also consistent- the audience sees if you are someone who consistently puts out a great read, someone who they can count on, and will reward you accordingly by becoming loyal supporters.
You must build a strong and honest foundation for your "house" to stand strong through it all, if you catch my meaning ;)
You have obviously been here longer then me, and I agree about the strong foundation, and yeah maybe by working your ass off in the comment section or investing in steem/steem power this foundation can be built. And I also want to belive in quality over quantity.
But there is a huge influx of newbies/minnows/planktons here now and good content gets buried really really quick, I have seen loads of really good fresh content with original photos and genuine and funny writing, but they don't have hardly any attention or upvotes, and I believe these authors might just give up after 10 articles or so... (Giving way for spammy content)...=(
This should be adressed, because it is going to be harder and harder and harder to "come up" here on steemit the more new members join. And people who actually tried to be serious are going to leave to other platforms and they are going to say that steemit is not worth the hassle.
Maybe I am missing something here? But this is what I noticed lately...
Thank you for being awesome!!! Bye bye!!! =)