I never count on a whale to upvote my post, but if it happens, nice. So if you see it from this point of view you never get disappointed :) I have more then 200 voters everyday, and only earn a dollar o two average, but I don't see it this way, I see how many Steem I get everyday, which will be worth in the future a lot. So just accumulating :) So yes the time is worth it :)