WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN IT SAYS PAYOUT DECLINED?

in steem •  8 years ago 

Hello,
Just looking at some post and it gas the money amount greyed out, it says payout declined.
Would love any intelligent responses to this question?

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It means the author declines to receive money for the post. for any reason, maybe their pushing a service or highlighting someone else's work.

Very cool!!!
Thanks for the help.

Anytime!

You were very helpful Thanks so much!

  ·  8 years ago (edited)

i was curious too, first thing that came to mind was had that person done something wrong, lol so still curious about something else if they decline the pay-out can they also choose where it will go ? so does it just remain unpaid ? basically what happens to it thanks

i made post with payout decline for others to collect all revenue
https://steemit.com/steem/@drguru/100-revenue-for-upvote-on-this-post