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It's also a matter of supply and demand at the moment. A highly niche scientific thesis will be less successful now with fewer users than it would be once Steemit matures.

From your last articles I think you're potentially in a good position to steer Steemit in that direction. I talked about an education hub in the second part of my 'digging deeper into steem' series.

Id be happy to talk further on Steemit.Chat if it's something that you might be interested in.

Thanks for sharing. Happy to discuss with you on steemit.chat
On the supply and demand, I can understand that certain content tend to be more profitable. I, myself, do not read scientific articles all the time. But there got to be some kind of endorsement when it comes to scientific content. Copied and pasted science content that got way more reward than original science content put me off and has an disincentive effect on steemians who write on science here. And we know that science and engineering knowledge are very precious and valuable because they can be turned into IP or papers. Again, this reply is not totally for you but also for many steemians who see this. Please vote wisely.