a BIG thank you to the entire 3rd party developer community that constantly makes Steemit better.

*Sorry but can't help it...*
> ...at code for **you're** improvement or pleasure...

*I think it should be **your***

@steve-walschot, I support the policy of your post, but I see from the other side and there was something odd in steemit. I am a new user and are always active to make posting and trying to make a good post, but where I pobud post no one responded to my post ..

But I see so many whales playing grub to give upvote to a friend, or grub they make at steemit ..
if this continues whether new users will get a chance it ??

Or a fee for posting that they make to always give their best to promote steemit steemit and in the future will come ..

If the whales just as it keeps the new user that wants to participate in steemit ?? may no longer on and off steemit step for the future ... !!

**Thanks for your post..** :)

we feel ya but developers really do want feedback on the projects they created so can iterate to make a better experience. Wonder if there will be a steemit hackathon soon?

Maybe you can do an article on all the developers on this plaform done or do a video or podcast of all the developers that have done for the platform? Could bring recognition.

the problem is the distribution is all jacked up because they didn't do a proper airdrop and/or ICO.  

i worked on mastercoin and it had the same issue.  when something has just a few guys that control a huge % of the system it has a cost.

they better fix it fast or some dude is just going to fork this and do an ICO, the better distribution will allow the copycat network to fly.

i know why they did things the way they did them to avoid SEC issues, but building software to please "the Man" is not market reality.

Very Good :))

My personal opinion is that every project needs trials and errors, it is hard to build a social media ground up. Even facebook took 5-6 years to hit mainstream and the first facebook designs were horrible. I think over the course of the next years we shall see steemit improve in design and usability. Until then we just need to improve security ASAP, and it will take over facebook by popularity.

Well said and yes timing and luck play a big part in your chances of making any money here in my opinion. I really enjoy seeing how this is developing and reading the posts so thanks to everyone here on Steemit.

See, I'm new here. This is interesting to me. I think it's incredible that users can also be developers. What a resume builder. And money builder hopefully. But more importantly, how awesome. Thanks for your work!

Thank you for putting things more clear. As I'm new here, I'm trying to understand how it works. So, thank you again for the help!!!!

I want to thank all the developers that helped steemit , thank you all :)

First off, thank you. Thank you and all the other developers on working on and around Steemit.

I agree that there are a lot of great innovative apps being built on Steem for Steemit. It's a testament to how Steemit has galvanised developers to add value to the site. We should say thank you more and I’m saying it (again now) thank you.

However, I hope you appreciate that it is still early days for Steemit. I haven’t used your Steem payment processor yet, however I’m sure when I and others do, you’ll get more of the recognition you deserve. 

For example, one of the apps I use (even more that I visit Steemit) is https://steemstats.com by **@jesta**. More than just praise the work done (which is important), I try to spread awareness where I can, even on posts that **@jesta** may not see. 

It’s also worth bearing in mind that a lot of these apps have been amply rewarded. Some haven't been but many have. A lot have been rewarded handsomely on potential utility alone. Some have received further rewards for minor/ major updates. I’m sure many non-devs grumbled, however I thought this was great as it incentivises people to work on the platform.

By the same token there have been some fantastic posts that bring value to the site. Some have been rewarded greatly, others not so much. Many authors have spent hours researching and writing posts only to see a few cents return.

Take for example **@donkeypong** who for me is the one of the best writers (if not the best writer) on the site. His [last post](https://steemit.com/steem/@donkeypong/are-you-smarter-than-a-49er-we-need-a-whole-circle-of-jercos-entrepreneurs) 'only' received $230. Whilst $230 is nothing to be sneezed out, for me it was worth 10 to 50 times that given the current payouts. 

However the fact is that there is **alot** competition for a de facto a handful of votes that make a *significant* difference to your payouts. These highly paid posts get the ‘attention’ and eye-balls. They thus get the ‘recognition’ in comments. 

It is a question of luck and timing. 

I say luck and timing because it isn't like just ‘like-for-like’ competition you're up against. You're also up against the current zeitgeist. Right now, it's minor *(no offence intended to anyone, however the last I checked Beyonce hasn't joined just yet)* 'personalities', that are getting shine. This is great as it adds to the rich pool of people that will eventually make Steemit successful. These guys are not getting ‘voted up for no reason.’ They add value in terms of support, marketing and getting the word out. They put the graft in, in their field of expertise as you do in yours. They will help bring in the people that will flock to your apps!

To me it’s circular; the time will come for developers to get the shine more as it will for consistently great writers. As the Steemit grows and the money is distributed more evenly, it will be easier for all quality contributors to get a decent return for their efforts. 

It's unfortunate that you feel undervalued. You shouldn’t do. There is now **a lot** of very good, varied content and not enough curators and pure consumers of content (in my opinion). 

It may be resourceful to see this leg on the Steemit journey as a ‘mission not a competition’…. a mission for mass adoption. Once the mission is successful we (the early adoptors) will ***all*** get more recognition (and upvotes) than we could possibly imagine.

Keep the faith!

Not every people understands coding and how hard it can be sometimes as we haven't yet entered the era where coding is a base for everyone like learning the alphabet which would explain these undervalued posts