Interesting. I think most of us on here are here to make money. We work hard on our posts and put a lot of hours into Steemit. I would hardly consider worrying about making money greed. The reason people are making awesome content and posting on this platform is because it gets rewarded by the community. This is the great thing about Steemit. Just my thoughts.
Well, obviously rewards and content walk hand-in-hand, but the thing I remind myself of is that I was never offered a job here; Steemit is not my employer and they "owe" me nothing whatsoever for my efforts. Which is why I always advise people-- newcomers and veterans alike-- to trade the idea of "making money" for "getting rewards."
Think about it, for a moment: If you are a writer, artist, graphic designer, poet or other creative... if you create something with the possibility that there might be a reward, you do what? You put your heart and soul into doing your very best... and odds are it becomes seen and rewarded.
When you're doing something "for money," things immediately become more formulaic; what you're engaged in is a more calculating process of "if I do X, I can get Y results." Much authenticity goes out the window... and the content may even become sort of stilted and mechanical. And-- oddly enough-- it mostly ends up not doing as well.
Again, this is just my opinion, but it's rooted in 20 years of working with "social content."
Exactly