Being a relative newbie to the LL game myself, I have to be fine with it
However, it's certainly not for everyone. The hundreds of hours I've put in doing designs, advertising reviews, and everything else are not really for the squeamish, to say nothing of promotion. If I wasn't a dedicated sort of person I may have bailed a couple months in. It's certainly a ton of work and doesn't really show much of a return for months, but for me I feel it's worth it. Then again, I'm looking at the long term. I think that as with any type of site, a large percentage of new LLs probably either die or go stagnant within a few months.