IMO you are right about the importance to empower people in order to retain them. I also agree with you on other things.
However, you have to gain your space here. You just arrived and are already complaining because you feel you deserve more rewards.
Look at your numbers: 8 followers, following 6 people, 0 comments.
You haven't been giving much to the community in what interaction is concerned. Even if your posts are super good you have no audience yet.
One very unfair thing from the past was that a bigger % of steem was paid as SP interest and a smaller amount was distributed to authors and curators.
In December, before you arrived, some important changes were put in place. More % of reward for posting and curating and less for SP interest, for instance. This was a way of giving some power to "the people" if we consider that not everyone have money to be an investor but everyone is able to write good content and curate.
It's true that many people start earning right away but most do not. My first 14 or 15 posts I earned zero or a few cents. Don't lose hope!
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Thanks for your input. Yes i am a relatively new users but surely new users are the people steemit should want to stay.
its not just me, look at this users profile, 97 posts and a return of 17cents.
What im really trying to point out is that new users and regular users should get reward because of their skill, contribution, curation and loyalty rather than for getting attention from a whale who may not even be experienced in anything related to the post. https://steemit.com/@skcamper https://steemit.com/writing/@skcamper/think-this-is-the-end
I completely agree with you on this one:
in the sense that many users may like your contents, upvote and still don't make a difference in the payout. That's something worth debating... after you have posts with many upvotes. The example you pointed out is the same story. No audience. Also, the 97 posts you refer include comments. She could be the best blogger in the world but unless she has followers she won't get upvoted enough.
My first goal in steemit was to get 50 followers. Than 100. Then 150. And now 200. That means I teach, entertain or help a good amount of people that are willing to upvote my content. In the beginning I was very happy with a post with 0 money as long as I got a new follower. Now I just want to have fun and not to disappoint my followers. I made a series of posts called "useless information" in which I wrote short posts about random things (mostly scientific curiosities) for 50 days in a row. I was not earning much but I got lots of followers.
Figure out a strategy of your own and be persistent.
Cheers