I have been posting here on Steemit since August and I have noticed a slight change to my experience of the platform recently.
My perspective
Now that I have over 200 followers, I am guaranteed between $3 and $5 on pretty much any post I make. Even the simple copy/paste quotes I have been producing on a daily basis in which there are no original words from myself, only an original photo with a one line description under it, like this one:
Swimming with Manta Rays off the coast of Flores Island, 2016. Taken on an iphone in waterproof case.
Yet when I post an in-depth article like the one I made a few days ago, announcing the ongoing development of the #dailyquotes tag, taking much more time and energy to produce the post, the payout is the same.
You can see below the two shots I spent time we re-working to fit this article and promote the Steemit brand:
The time and energy involved in creating each of these posts was dramatically different yet the payout the same.
So, what does this mean?
I noticed a post by @ebryans the other day posing this same question in a different way. Something along the lines of 'where have all the big voters gone?'
I cannot say for sure what this means, but I can say for sure that it is putting me off creating more detailed, in-depth, thought provoking articles.
Perhaps someone could shed some light on this situation for me?
Many thanks for your time.
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