RE: Post what you want on SteemIt, but don't expect it to earn - Random
People seem to think (and I am going to be controversial here) That you can sign up to Steemit, make a post, join a community; and make some serious bank.
I want to posit a few things to justify my point: first and foremost consistenty in the quality of your content; are the most important.
Just because (here's that controversy) you're a member of a support or incubator group posting trite for content, it doesnt mean that you are successful.
Yes, you'll grow together and improve as your steem power compounds, but this is not, in my view, the point of steemit.
My view, ever since @mattclarke got me here, was that you post quality content, and get fairly recognised as it rises to the top.
My quality may not be someone elses quality, as there are different standards, but I am getting tired of seeing new authors, new posts and other content languish at the bottom of the pile while trite rises to the top.
No one is going to hold anyone's hand. Let your content speak for itself.
I tend to agree, I am just also okay with people using the tools we have on the site to promote themselves a bit, or build stake. After all it is money in the system. It creates reasons for users who have been around to keep their stake in the system. I am at the point of starting to move from content to "Investing" my stake on SteemIt. I am excited about the change and it keeps me interested when I am bored with reading and writing blogs.
It is a clear loop that most Steemians enter.
On the topic of downvotes, these are very important to the community, and I believe it can be reasoned that those who downvote the most care about the community the most.
It is taking away from what you can earn ( via curation) and sending a message that its your belief that it is not okay for that person's stake to be used in that way.