I for one had no idea about this @themanwithnoname.
it's not 50/50, but that it's 50/35/15 (SP, SBD, Steem)
I'd just assumed it was good to be paid in Steem because the exchange rate between SBD and Steem is so poor at the moment.
it's calculated assuming that SBD is at $1, so we get more than we should.
Now I understand why many of the witnesses want to bring the price of SBD down. Or at least one of the reasons. π