People need to understand that no one is getting paid for their work on Steem they are receiving tips. People who have votes/tips that are worth a couple of dollars each can more easily gather tips that are worth more than people who votes/tips are only worth a couple of cents.

Also people need to consider a celebrity coming on Steem will receive more attention than a normal folks and Steemians which were on Steem for a long time are sometimes very well known by the community and thus their post will receive a lot of attention.

The value of a post doesn't necessarily equal its $ worth.