I have often found on these platforms it has a lot to do with who you know and whose attention you can grab.

I agree with you and this is something I have felt ever since the Steem days. LeoFinance feels different though, because curators on LeoFinance, both whales and other wealthy accounts are actually putting in time and effort to find and curate content from various users, and one of my best guesses are that it's due to the reward-curve we have on LeoFinance. To earn 50% regardless if you vote within a minute or 6 days after a post have been published helps a lot with curation. Which also leads to better distribution and a healthier community.

Many of my own posts have been curated 2-3 and even 4 days after they have been published, even though most of the votes comes in during the first 24 hours.

That being said, I totally admit that I have been lucky to score some big votes from onealfa for instance, but not only that, I have also been picked by the curators on LeoFinance multiple times, like this article for instance. Sitting on the top of the front page due to that.

These things obviously helps tremendously in terms of exposure, but the best part is that I am still not someone famous, or the most well-known author on here. I am just one out of many other users having good results, which is why I think it's important to bring attention to how good LeoFinance actually is for both newcomers and established users.

I have a feeling I could write every day for two years straight and I probably wouldn't even be close to 3k LEO.

I actually doubt that. Judging by the results you've had so far, I think you'd be able to reach 3k long before 2 years have passed. However, not everyone will have the same results as me. Some have better and others will have worse. There's not enough tokens, curators or votes in total to go around for everyone, so that everyone can yield amazing results.. But there is enough for a lot of people to generate something.

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