I get angry at people who come here with no experience and no audience and expect upvotes to rain down on them like manna from heaven. There is much more to steemit.com than writing words online
Exactly so many people out there just come here thinking they can just do the normal write up and expect something big, not knowing that there is much to it as you have said earlier, Starting as a newbie on steemit.com is very challenging and one has to buckle up in order to overcome hurdles and be on the right part else you just loose hope and see that you no longer have interest for steemit.com, 100% patience and perseverance is needed in tree race of steemit this could be achieved by taking your eyes off the prize and focus and cordial relationships with others with time the money will find you.