Sorry, I had to come back and add some more thoughts on your thought-provoking post...
- Perhaps one problem of the great content producers, is the limited timeframe you can earn rewards. If your work doesn't get seen in 7 days, that's it. What you earn in those first 7 days after publishing is all you will ever earn.
- In the "real world" of publishing content, you have the potential to earn forever. Write a book you can earn for years to come. Create a web site to post your content, join some affiliate programs, or create an ebook to sell and you can earn as long as you maintain your site.
It is steemit.com with a few twists. One I found most interesting is it has a tip button. Meaning, you could get income forever from your great content. The difference between a tip and an upvote in the 7 day timeframe, is that the upvote is basically free, but the tip would actually come out of your wallet...
Here's the post I did about it a few days ago...Have you seen the new SMT site called https://appics.com/ ?
- In the "real world" of publishing content, you have the potential to earn forever. Write a book you can earn for years to come. Create a web site to post your content, join some affiliate programs, or create an ebook to sell and you can earn as long as you maintain your site.