I didn't invest 1 cent into steemit, and I made around 12'000$ for blogging. Like I said, I never put money into it! You just have to create some content that people enjoy, and even if you do an amazing work, you could not get noticed if you don't make some contacts with people, you have to create a network of friends that will support each other. It's a lot of work and dedication, like in real life: If you do some amazing music or art, and you keep doing it without sharing it, nobody will notice you! Getting money is not easy, even on steemit. Most people saying it's a ponzi are just lazy people that didn't manage to make easy money. And if steemit is a scam, it means that all the concept of blockchain is a scam too. And therefor, banks are scam too. (I would more believe the last statement) Sorry if my english is bad. Haha.
Cheers!
That is impressive. Good job!
I agree most people posting ITT negatively are ones that are probably too lazy to profit off of Steem, and/or are looking to get rich quick and get frustrated.
One of the only ones posting recently that has valid criticisms is CornCube. It is most definitely a pyramid scheme that will eventually collapse, but it will probably get crazy big before that happens. It is possible that in that time they can create a profitable business model by leveraging their userbase that is growing rapidly, but I see that as kind of a "hail mary".