From a different era (George Kennan): ...at times, where I have put my word in, well, it's always like shooting at a bell with a slingshot. Sometimes you hit it, sometimes you don't. If you don't hit it there's total silence, if you do hit it, it rings loudly. But occasionally I have hit it...

I would not worry too much about the total silence; that's the nature of globally-networked attention. (unless you prefer bell-ringing to programming, in which case change-ringing or some other hobby might indeed be best to take up)