Maybe you should stop viewing Steemit as a money making opportunity, and start viewing it as a blogging platform.
If I have a blog on my own site and I don't make any money from it directly, and I start posting on Steemit and make $5 a post, I am better off.
But if on the other hand, I come here expecting to make hundreds of dollars, then those same $5 per post will demotivate me.
Please read my article on @startupacademy, because you are badly misinterpreting my views.
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