I tried that hard too. Is really hard to keep a balance in how much good content you provide and how much zaps you do.

Example: I was trying to be quite for few days, not commenting, not posting, just zapping those good content. It worked for some time. But then somebody is calling you and you have to comment something, you are literally forced. You can't ignore SN calls LOL

Then they zap your comment, even if is a normal answer that should not have any zap. All your work building a good amount of zaps is gone.

Don't take me wrong, I zap too, but I try to be more cautious with the amount, with number of zaps etc. Sometimes you zap the wrong thing and there's no way back.