Amazing write @denmarkguy.

I also need these words . yep i agree with you . steemit is like growing a garden . every step every single thing do its own job .

For a garden you have to be a good soil for agriculture purpose and good seed and then good care . sun light water . some fartilizers . then you will expect good plants .
But some time the weather cause some damage or some other things happened which cause failure to achive ideal plants .

Like steemit . soil as proper base of steemit . seeds as knowledge . fartilizers as some bots and friends and community . and then you will receive a good response as votes and sbdz .