This is an honest question.
I came here to Steemit to blog for pay.
To bring content to a site that states it's desire to be content rich.
My posts earn pennies and a report of a meme that has been around almost as long as the interwebs is earning over $14.00?
What am I missing? 
There was a similar revenue sharing site called Bubblews a year or so ago. It fizzled due to abuse and perhaps neglect. A minimum post link and plagiarism check would fix most things and give this a fighting chance but I have seen this go south before. It's going to be sad if it happens here. So much potential down the drain.
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