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Yes dear, there are real readers. Currently paying out through PayPal. You get US$0.002 per view. Views are not limited to members of the platform, instead you can generate views from other media platforms such as Facebook, twitter etc.

You can actually make more through referrals as well.

Check their Alexa Ranking. They don't get much traffic, so it's on you to bring them the traffic to your articles.

If you don't have much following, I'd recommend HubPages, they're up for several years now, publish your article and readers will come along without doing much effort.