Some of the reasons that discourage people on steemit.

Some Newbies get exited to join steemit and start with introduce yourself posts and they are upvoted with some money so they keep posting and yes sometimes they get money other times they are not upvoted and get disappointed and demoralised some may give up on posting and others keep posting just for the sake.

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Should people give up on posting on steemit because they are not getting money?
Personally i believe steemit should be like a life style and a passion weather there is payment or not they should keep posting
I believe steemit was created to help people express themselves and share ideas with different people from different parts of the world.
People shouldnt lose hope on posting just because there is no pay. As others post and get highly paid, it discourages some people from posting.

But the question is what makes other people earn alot of money while others are not earning?
Some people just post for the sake of posting but does your post have content and is it worth the upvote why wont you get the money.
Some people have nice posts but never get upvoted because how one tags their post also matters so as some people tag badly their posts might not easliy be noticed and they lose out just like that
Some people also have followers that may upvote them but their steem power is low so their upvotes might not count so much.

So basically those are some of the reasons why some people dont get upvoted for posting or get less for posting.

Some people should just follow the right procedures on how to tag
Others could just keep posting and never lose hope maybe.
Lets not lose hope steemit should be a passion and life style as people express themselves and share ideas while others use steemit to share their life stories and others sharing the beauty of their countries