"I just joined 4 days ago and I am doing pretty well. I have written 3 articles so far, and the second one got picked up by Project Curie and it really helped to raise my reputation quite a few points."

I wish I could say the same, but I upvoted you anyhow. From my perspective you had plenty of luck. (I post original content too.)

But I digress, I may not have the clarity nor quality in my posts so I may be the one to blame after all. Still learning.