It's not easy to find a balance between powering up and saving up some liquid SBD/Steem.

A tool like @steem-bounty is very useful to attract votes and comments, but personally I think it should only be used every now and then, because you are basically giving away money. Most of the time you are giving away more than you earn from your posts, which results in loss.

On top of that, when you set a bounty too often, you get used to getting quite some comments and votes. There are a lot of bounty hunters out there. I know, because I'm one of them ;0)

My point is that once you run out of money to pay for bounties (or bots, for all that matters), the leevel of engagement on your posts drops, and it looks like you are earning less. But trust me, you are still earning more than when you are handing out free money.

You say that your mood for posting went down. Is that related to earnings and engagement?

In my experience, having something to rage about is a very good drive. The week after HF20, I have been much more active than usual. I was so angry about what they had done, that I had plenty of opportunities and ideas to write posts or comments. Now I have calmed down, I find it harder to come up with ideas on what to write about.

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