Thanks for the support @atbrittain ... You might be right about the 'purists", hard to tell what direction that'll take you though... From my perspective there's no purer form of Steemit than good old fashioned commerce.

You have what I want (upvotes), and i will pay you "X" for them (in this case a percentage of the proceeds) - everyone benefits... At least that's how I envision it - I guess we'll see...