I think Steemit is an experiment, linking all our minds together to form one creative personality ....hehe except we must behave or our popularity number will decline, which inhibits creativity so does the money incentive because one starts acting like Skinners pigeons. There really is no set form of earning my Steem here, people start doing all sorts of interesting dances thinking this is the formula for high earnings, just like Skinners pigeons.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/bf-skinner-the-man-who-taught-pigeons-to-play-ping-pong-and-rats-to-pull-levers-5363946/
I don't trust anyone, including me...my motivation is mostly conditioned responses and I like to watch how this site triggers my deep programming (conditioning).
I'm intrigued by the pidgeons now.
I had to study Skinner and other founders of psychology for my nursing degree, which I never graduated because I hurt my back. I learned a lot about allopathic medicine and psychology. They are not for healing but for control and management of symptoms/people. I'm kinda glad I didn't become a nurse!