All so true!
I'd say the thing about payouts is that they depend on your own wallet and the size of all your autovotes 90% of the time.
On top of that your network on Steemit adds a bit extra, but not much because most people have very little voting power.
My self vote and autovotes are worth about $4 now so anything I post will earn about $4 automatically. For most people on Steemit that is huge, but there are also some people on Steemit earning up to $700 for every post automatically and I am so jealous I want to post pictures of their fat arses but I can't because they might flag me...
Thank you, sir, you just made my day :)
OMFG, you do realise I can not frigging un-see that arse don't you, now I have to say my arse is better than your arse, that makes me the 3 year old now :-).
Bigger is better - that is the wisdom of America!
Always has been, the bragging has never stopped, it will when the $ collapses though, humble pie time then. :-)