I hope that something changes here as neither authors, nor curators receive any real return on their efforts for many weeks or more after starting.
I myself have worked day and night posting, curating and commenting, and only continue because I have high hopes for my future on this platform.
But this is very similar to my experience as an artist in meatworld in general, if you are not running with the in crowd, you will not be the in crowd ever.
And in steemit the fact that your work is basically negated seven days after you post...
makes a mockery of the time a newbie can put into a post, similar to the way that selling an artwork makes a mockery of the time spent creating said thing.
Yesterday I sold an artwork in the real world, out there in meat world. It was part of an exhibition of pictures that I worked on for around six months, full time. I then invested 500 euros in frames (cheap although reasonable frames is all I can do these days) and 100 in fuel to deliver the artworks to the gallery, (in another province)
And the artwork in question started at 1200 euros, and I was asked if I would like to offer a discount price which I did at 1000 and then sold for eight hundred after a call making that offer.
and I have to be pleased.
And I am of course, but I would be pleased to sell my soul lately, the thing has gotten that way.
and only 400 of that is for me of course, 400 goes to the gallery.
so I still haven't broken even on the series, and that's working full time for free, as I do on steemit
lol
keep up the good fight
Wow thanks for sharing your experience. I suppose what your real world experience shows is how many extra costs and middlemen there are in the real "meat" world when it comes to selling content. The blockchain world is supposed to cut out a lot of those costs and it does but as Steem/Steemit show they have their own different problems which must also be solved.