It takes time to get a following and you need that following to make money. If those that follow you votes for you eventually you can make money. The thing is it still is not that easy. There are still too many bots upvoting and you also have those who write post regular on similar topics who do not bother to "follow" you or upvote your post. So how long does one really need to commit to make an income? Better yet if you are here to share knowledge on a certain topic and more interested in that and a bit of extra change would be nice, well if no one really follows you or reads your post well then what is the point? As a noob/beginner puts up a post and if they do not get anyone taking notice then with the thousands of posts that keep getting posted it is only a matter of 10 min. and your post is lost to never be seen. Buried deep under all the post that comes after you. Another way to help make some income is to support each other by upvoting and resteem those post one connects with so they can share. If the person who wrote the post takes a few minutes to check over comments and upvotes the thought out comments then that would help as well. Too often I have seen people post and bots or others upvote with no upvote from the person who wrote the post. Thanks @meno for your thoughts.
RE: Open letter to a future Steemian