So, with steemit, there is always "steem" being mined. When somebody up-votes your post, a portion of this mined steem gets directed to your account.
So, here is an analogy...
Imagine a gold mine... There are guys working hard all day, digging for gold. Except, at the end of the day, the gold gets distributed where the community deems is most appropriate.
This is essentially what steemit is. except the gold is "steem" and it is appropriated by the community through "up-votes".
Does that make sense? @sulev
So the miners mine Steem. They get only a small amount through mining. The majority gets directed to the STEEMIT network here and gets distributed according to our votes.
OK, thanks. Think I finally get it now.