Let me break it down just for you :)
For you to make actual money Upvoting is not enough.
You Can get 1000 Upvotes, but if no one out of 1000 has any Steem Power you will make $0
Or you can have 1 Full power Upvote from a Millionaire Steemian you will make $20-$40.
It depends who is upvoting you and how much Steem Power(Steem Power is a currency = Money in the wallet)
Wow! Thanks. I thought STEEM was a token, a crypto currency and STEEM POWER was also denominated in STEEM tokens but STEEM POWER was less liquid. To actually move from STEEM POWER to liquid STEEM took 3 months and the process was called powering down. I can increase my STEEM POWER by investng BTC and/or by having my posts nd comments upvoted. That's basically all I know, or think I know.
I am going to love the post that you have linked, just for me and other uninformed or misinformed folk.
Thanks so much, @adil