You know what actually @lewisjfclarke, it has been 2 days since I wrote my first comment and I think I had a change in prespective in that period that I find really interesting. To be honest, I came here to make a few bucks at first (struggling med student and all that) but after writing a few good articles and planning to write multiple more and comming up ideaa for blog series and such, I started liking it for the heck of it. It gives me a chance to really shape and articulate my thoughts (if you get what I am trying to say) Its like taking this big stone of raw ideas and carving a sculpted post out of it.
Looking back I wouldnt of really invested time doing that if there wasnt a potential monetary payout at first, but know that I am into it, money is a secondary bounce (a very nice bounce, but a secondary bounce).
I will give your article a read by the way and tell you what I think
That is the best way to look at it. Steemit is designed like a pyramid scheme (As horrific as that sounds) where the people who got in early make shit tons of cash while the others are playing catch up. The only difference is if you get lucky you can also make some cash yourself (I'm sure you've noticed some people have an upvote worth $100. I once posted a review for one of my books and I had one upvote and $93)
A friend of mine said the best way to look at it is think of Steemit as Facebook but you can get paid. It's a very simplistic way of looking at it but there is also a valid point there. You use Facebook for free, so use Steemit like you would Facebook and if some random whale spunks all over you then consider that an added bonus to something you were gonna do for free anyway...
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