You are right. I feel like many people, including myself, try to outsmart steemit by trying to make "quick money". Then we realize that the best way to do it, like you said is to engage with the community and actually starting to create good content and upvoting people. Thanks for sharing and lets keep stacking.
RE: 鉁达笍 SHOULD YOU SELF VOTE? WELL IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH 馃幆