Taking Online Courses:
I took online courses a few years ago and had to pay a "professor" to grade my posts, on a type of forum/message board. The comments had to be considered substantial posts or I wouldn't get credit at all for the comment. The only problem was that the professor was the only one who could decide if it was substantial or not. It didn't matter if the other students were engaging with the conversation.
Don't piss off the Professor:
I took a class on critical thinking where it was supposed to point out that viewpoints could be changed if emotion was involved. Of course the professor attempted to sneak in an emotional topic, and everyone took the bait; except for me. I actually didn't play along and ended up pissing off the Professor, and then stated that it wasn't critical thinking if he was pissed about the subject. I didn't get "upvoted" by the Professor for that session, but still passed the class.
Steemit has the "class" voting, not the Professor:
Steemit is just the opposite of taking online courses because the class "votes" on the conversation verses the Professor deciding if something is substantial or not.
Steemit pays you, but you pay for college:
Finally, why Steemit is better....Steemit pays YOU and the other "students" for posting substantial conversations verses college has to be paid for.
Have fun!