@chbartist: hello!

I've been on Steemit for...a longish while...and I have tried to avoid networks that vote for each other, hoping that the quality and variety of my articles would be sufficient to earn money.  It doesn't matter what my topics are - the only topic that earned any real money was on the death of my wife, after which I went on hiatus.

A few months ago, I was trying to add steempower but I accidentally removed it all, causing my voting power to drop significantly even though I put in more than I'd taken out.  Now I earn even less.

The volume of users here has only increased.  Any chance of trending because of the true value of my posts disappeared a long time ago - I've just been holding onto the illusory hope of success.  This is a luxury I can ill afford as an underpaid widower with two young children.  It is frustrating to spend so many hours on an article but not even earn enough to get 1 cent per hour.  Most of my recent articles took a few hours to **up to 3 days** to prepare, especially the ones about editing on Steemit.  &#128557

Therefore, I want to ask for your recommendation on a voting group I can join so that I can actually earn money for my efforts on Steemit.  Would you please?  I'm looking for a reputable group that is ethical and rewards its members when they do good articles, ignores (and gives guidance to, I'd hope) mediocrity, and punishes bad/illegal articles.

I'm hoping that, this way, I'll be able to earn good money and be at home with my kids instead of being undervalued and underpaid making others rich.

Thank you for your advice!