Doesn't make it any less aggravating. I've been here nearly two years and I started regularly posting a couple months ago. Was doing fine for the first month, then the revenue dissipated. Most of my past STEEM earnings that aren't tied up with STEEM Power or anything stored in savings have been converted into Bitcoin Cash, but the decline in income from some weird changes in the algorithm makes things difficult when you have people on here who bring in hundreds of STEEM-related revenue writing garbage while your citizen journalist gets jack squat.
RE: Getting upvotes but not making money? Don't despair! There's a reason for that (and it's going to get better).