I wish I could upvote this post more than once. So I upvoted a bunch of your comments in response to some of the people that already replied.
I thoroughly, thoroughly, agree.
One good payout for what you think is a good post isn't the promise of a payout on a future post of the same quality.
It's whether the whale splashes some salt into your eyes or not.
If you control enough Steem power, you control your own destiny, and that of everyone with less than you. It's a fun wave to ride.