Thank you for sharing your story! Not so long ago I was talking with some Hive users, and we got to the conclusion that there isn't really justice here. I believe that in order to be successful in Hive or LEO, we have to persist, engage and push our limits.
Also, investors in Hive are more likely to upvote content of people that they already know, or they vote posts that they personally like.
I'm glad that you are still here :).
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I hear you and you're right. But you understand it wasn't so much the upvoting, it was the lack of even one comment after 18 hours. Not even one.
I even refreshed the page thinking maybe Steemit was down. Then flipped over to trending where somebody had actually posted a few words and a picture of their lunch, with lots of engagement. Fire safety vs a ham sandwich. I'm glad I persisted as well! :)
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I was writing another reply when you left this one. I understand, I think this is one of the reasons people quit...
Users that get a lot of votes for low effort posts could mean two things: One is that he was buying votes, depending on the time that this happened it is the most likely reason.
And the other reason could be that they are community leaders, investors, developers or witnesses that have the support of other big investors. These users my have done something big for the platform, or they just have friends with a lot of influence...
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