Absolutely - The sad thing is that unrealistic expectations of making thousands of dollars when people join quickly destroys the spirit when the first 5 posts earn $0.01 (from steem-history) and good authors quickly leave.

At the moment, I do my best to support good authors in the hope that they stay but it's a real (Steemit Time) challenge with everything else I want to do on the platform (including maintaining existing relationships). A lot like the "New Business" / "Existing Customer" challenge in the world of business.

I'm starting to ramble now 😆