Welcome to steemit! One does have to initially wade through a lot of junk. Ignore meaningless comments, find the bloggers you're interested in, post consistently excellent content that is more than just a photo and blurb. It should be a story of some kind along with original photos. Doesn't have to be long, 300 words can be great, but meaningful! Also find subjects to post about that help you grow as a person so that posting gives you something regardless of the rewards. If your content is consistently good, I promise that you will be supported. There are people searching and searching for good new content. Also, try searching the hashtags #sndbox for very specific instructions to help you understand and use this platform, and search #steemlight as well as #sndbox for leads to good bloggers. Feel free to message me in steemitchat, my handle there is Ruth Greenberg if you have more questions or have a post you're proud of.