I'm sorry I only am now getting to your comment. My "Code Is Law" post was a draining piece of creative work, and after sifting and replying to the first 200 comments (particularly good ol' personz, who preferred to attack straw-men)...I was a bit exhausted.

I don't really know how to respond to your greater concern. I think minnows can be successful here...but what is success?

Further, the truth is that I didn't "become successful" here until I bought my way to mini-whale status. Frankly, I'm not even sure this is what I'd call "success". I make far less on Steemit than my other jobs, and I work harder at it. I've lost a lot of money buying Steem... even after all my post rewards, is that success?

There are the 3 biggest votes on my post:

• minnowbooster +52% ≈ 91.62$
• bellyrub +34% ≈ 79.07$
• buildawhale +20% ≈ 39.41$

$210...I bought all 3 of them. Is that success?

Thank you for your comment/post.