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Thanks, maybe just because I am in earlier it will be a good thing.....even if I have no clue.

At this phase, yes. The rewards will continue to show up, STEEM is a cryptocurrency that has a modest inflation, but influence via steem power will become harder to come by as more content creators will flood when there is even greater mainstream adoption. There are people out there that do this kind of thing for a living that can bring a big following with them (more people is always good!!!) but they will likely have a quick jump in following. Invest time in finding people that make quality content in your interest areas, follow and interact and as new people within your niche stumble upon that person's work, the newcomer may stumble upon yours (perhaps because they resteemed your awesome post?).

Thanks. It feels...a bit hopeless right now.

Keep asking questions to seek the answers. I encourage you to understand blockchain technology and its other applications, to support your decision making on how much time to invest in steemit. This platform is made to be the easiest way to get mainstream people like you and I into cryptocurrency and I think its successful, when you feel comfortable working with the platform. Check out the tag or #steem-promo as there is a lot of good introductory/definition content

Awesome, thanks, heading right over!

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