Well @raj808, I agree about professional writers being justified in their disappointment when they only get a few cents. On the other hand, if they are merely republishing something they have already published somewhere else, then any extra coin they get is basically icing on the cake... and since this is an "alternative" sort of venue, they also get to pick up new followers.
I say this, coming from a background as an article writer for magazines and a number of writers, as well as 20-odd years of contributing to "get paid for content" sites of many varieties.
Building a following is tough, no matter what you do, and where you publish. There are about sixty BILLION web pages out there, and this post is just one of them! That's a lot of competition! In a sense, it's a small miracle that maybe 50 people have read this post!
You're quite right that the feeds often look messy... one of the top things on my "wish list" is the ability to filter posts by "site of origin." I'd love to be able to view content purely through the lens of Steemit, SteemPeak and Busy, for example...
On the whole, I feel the good outweighs the bad... so I am still here, and still promoting the venue and interacting... as I close in on my 1000th top level post.