Yeah, I think once you do it long enough, the novelty of getting feedback wears off and you stop doing it because of that. Attention-whoring is a great way to start because it keeps you motivated, but eventually that gets old and stops mattering. At some point you realize you're just having fun, and doing things you like. And when you aren't having fun, you do it anyway because you know you'll have fun later on other bits of it. (Or it could be the money... I'm not really sure what keeps me going.)
vampyro241
You finally realized this (like other developers). Well great to find that out...I don't know what else to say.