RE: Notice from Steemit abuse

Frankly, all this "Pay me and I'll upvote your post", whether it be the bogus things like in this post, or in Discord with Banjo and Minnowsupport, is making me exTREMELY disenchanted with Steemit.
The maneuvering, the politics of "you must comment on your followers posts and you MUST reply to every comment".
If I am posting QUALITY, #originalcontent, why the hell should I have to pay or maneuver or kiss a$$?
Just as in tsu, I gave up on all that and was inching my way, penny by penny towards pay out. Then they closed up with me being something like $15 short of being able to claim my money after 18 months, here the tools are allowing me to craft MUCH better posts, so I am just resigned to continue out a pauper, and do my thing for the sake of beauty, honesty and crafting something longlasting.