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RE: Would you still be posting on Steemit if you knew that you won't be paid after all ?
I do agree that payouts of 20k are ridiculous for a post (and there are many mediocre ones...). They are also hurting the platform in a way since many people think that's the goal, getting the jackpot and hitting it big.
However, the idea of Steemit or any decentralized minded social site in the future should be that we the users are the ones in control. You create and curate content on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and Youtube and for what? To make the companies rich and sell you stuff?
I think rewards are a little inflated too since there are still not a lot of users but plenty of whales upvoting. It's like saying you don't make money in Youtube, well Casey Neistat does, but he is one in a million...
Youtube wasn't made in the first place to make money. Steemit is being advertised as the way to make a quick buck online. I know this platform only because one of my friends believes he's going to get very rich by posting here. I don't believe that attracting people by using their greed is a good way to launch this kind of platform.
Sure except that nobody said you will get 20k for doing a single post or get rich upvoting stuff here, but that's the reality and we agree that things like that hurt the platform.