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I think the way the majority of the community will always vote beauty over brains :) yet still a few of the elite will upvote the brains (like interesting stats, facts etc.)

I don't care for a $30,000 post. I just would prefer a stead income from creating content and having dialogue with people. I think it would be so cool to say hey, I just made $100 learning about bitcoin mining, or any topic. I would rather that than having one of my posts become popular and then I fade back into the shadows.