Hey sinclair, that's pretty interesting.

Personally I wish I had a social media following, because I think I'd make more money on here than I would through ads. But who knows. Would be fun to try anyways.

The "who" upvotes your post mattering is a necessary evil I think, because otherwise everybody would just create dummy accounts to upvote themselves. So it would quickly become meaningless. So the solution is to measure it by amount of Steem Power rather than amount of accounts voting on it.

You could always just tell people what you know. If you tell them how it works, as best as you understand it, I don't really see what the problem would be.

Rewards are pretty inconsistent right now .. Either you have to get lucky with whale votes, or be one of the people with established followings who is a safe bet to curate. So I know what you mean. I think it will improve over time, as more people join, and the "middle class" expands (and as various improvements are made). But in the meantime I don't think you'd be hurting people at all, as long as you're realistic about what to expect and how it works.

The average person without large followings shouldn't really expect to make a bunch of money at social media. So that shouldn't really be the pitch. But they can support your videos and contribute in the comments and occasionally make a buck more than they would on YouTube hehe.