Listen Frustrated Steemians, One is Greater than Zero!

Are you frustrated with lack of rewards? Do you think you deserve more than Steemit is giving you? Have you stopped trying? 

Listen. 

Calm down. 

Free your mind.

You are not alone in thinking that Steemit rewards are not fair. There are literally thousands of Steemians who think like that. The sentiment has especially seen a rise after the Hard Fork 19. People took the news of voting power consumption so seriously that they either stopped upvoting or they started voting on their own posts and comments.

Let me first remove some confusions. I'm thankful to @timcliff for reminding minnows that they can still upvote 40 times a day. The effects of HF 19 were covered in detail by @dragosroua. Self voting has been covered by me and it generated a great discussion. @personz and @l0k1 have started smacking down the self voters (on comments).

But, the average Steemian is frustrated nonetheless. Minnows have been left baffled by the lack of upvotes despite all the minnow support and boost programs available to them. The latest post that I read from a frustrated Steemian was about the unfair earnings of Steemit written by @clixmoney who is running the biggest Steemians group on Facebook.

To @clixmoney, to myself, and to all the Steemians, I have something to say.

One is greater than zero.

It may seem to be an oversimplified statement but it is so powerful that it can change your life. The idea is floated by Gary Vaynerchuk in one of his blog posts. It perfectly applies to the current situation of Steemians. One is greater than zero. What does that mean?

It means that whatever you get on your posts will always be greater than zero. If you do not create anything, you will not get anything. That's hundred percent guaranteed. Whales can live off the curation reward because of their heavy upvotes but minnows do not enjoy that luxury. 

I personally have felt the shocks as well. Many of my well crafted posts have gone unrewarded or were rewarded too less. But still, I kept posting and kept trying to make it work. If not $100, I did get 4, 7, or 11 SBD on posts. If not complete SBD, I never eneded up getting zero because 0.60-0.90 SBD are invariably earned (thanks to @minnowsupport).

To be honest, it has been hard for me too but I never gave up. I'm glad that I saw $50+ on a few posts as well. As a minnow, you should understand one fundamental rule. 

You will always have a chance if you keep trying.

If you do not try, you are not going to get anything. That's pretty straightforward. Be happy with the $1.71 that you got instead of the $171 you wanted to earn because the post deserved it. If a post is good, you will get advantage of it. It may not be the heavy upvotes and rewards at times. How about building a great following instead?

The benefit of carrying on (steeming on) is that you will not only get rewards, no matter what amount, but also followers. Having more, but natural, followers will always have an edge. Other than getting followers, your reputation will increase with every SBD you get. So, there's progress for everyone who keeps trying.

If you're not getting hundred SBDs on your posts, at least get one SBD because one is greater than zero.

PS: If you follow the all in one Steemit Guide, you won't have to whine about rewards much.