50K views does not equal $400 dollars per video, that I know. Not on YouTube. It's closer to maybe $50 and that's only if you've already been made a partner and enabled advertising.
You can ask @allasyummyfood who spoke at steemfest about how hard it is to make money from YouTube. 3'000 active members is far less than 50'000 views, and yet one or two votes from high stake steemians (whales) would pay as much as the 50'000 people who watched her video on YouTube.
I disagree that it isn't fair to reward them for bringing their content here after they've been rewarded elsewhere. I think that chances are, after they get rewarded enough here, and realise the value of steemit, they will actually promote steemit to their own followers which deserves rewards and should be encouraged with rewards!
I've introduced people to this platform - theyve made money on their first few posts - but they think its stupid and leave
I presume they are not the people I'm talking about in this post then. - People who are already looking for ways to monetise their online brand or content.