It is different for everyone but at the high end of the spectrum $10,000 a month is necessary while at the low end it is significantly less. $10,000 a month is actually around $60 an hour so when you think about it like that then perhaps it has a different meaning. Also to be considered is taxes, tax liability does exist even if most people in crypto aren't attempting to pay their taxes. The fact is, 30% or more of that $10,000 could end up going to taxes leaving something else entirely as actual spendable income.
There are ways to become efficient while blogging but this is why I said it's a range not a definite number. I can only speak for myself but I'm no where near $10,000 a month, or even at $5000 a month income at this point in time. I doubt most bloggers are past the threshold where someone can make a moral justification to be critical of self voting. This doesn't stop people from being critical of even small amounts of income gained by a particular account but that is precisely the problem I have with the Steem Reward Pool Abuse Union. They are going after accounts recklessly and using accusatory tones like "reward pool rape" as if some relatively average income earning account is harming the reward pool.
If they are going to be critical they should follow a strict methodology where the biggest abusers get accused of abuse first and the biggest abusers would be the abusers who are pulling the most money out of Steem while providing the least value. If they look at my account history whether it's my amount of posts vs followers ratio, or the total amount of $ I pulled out of my account from Power Down, or the total amount I earned over years, none of it puts me in the category of whale, or reward pool abuser, or anywhere near immoral status in my opinion (if we are being reasonable).
Sure there are accounts which make $100-200 a month and they can claim my account making $1000 a month is unfair. That in my opinion is a race to the bottom and bad for all bloggers. Shouldn't a Steem Bloggers Union desire for the rewards to actually meet the cost of living for the majority of bloggers? So by complaining about the bloggers who aren't even at the cost of living it only harms the perception of the Steem community.
The point? If we are going to discuss reward pool abuse we need to be precise with our numbers. Make a case for an account which powered down $500,000 in the past year, or an account which upvoted itself into $200,000, or some set threshold. Make these thresholds public and clear so account holders know what "reward pool rape" even is because as it stands now, it appears to be whatever pisses off enough other people and no defined meaning.
Very correct. Some produce less valuable content and still make a lot bigger than someone with a good content. This is my 47th day in steemit and haven't earn a dollar per hour. I understand it takes time to grow.