We are giving these Artist more on here than they could ever sell this Artwork for, does this make sense.
You're starting with a faulty premise. That will surely become frustrating for you. The idea that you are "giving" anything, other than your appreciation in the form of upvotes, is unfounded. Steemit compensates people who add value to the network, and evaluates that metric by upvotes.
Artist don't normally get paid for mere exposure, but then most of the content providers here, never have. However, it cannot be said that they are not bringing value to the network.
Perhaps you would prefer the old model where artist only got paid for sales of original work. You can have that on Facebook or other legacy social networks. Meanwhile, they will be flocking to Steemit where they are not just appropriated, but paid.
This is understandable, but the same fact that the same people are getting the same attention daily, just proves the point that we need to spread the distribution. As we all cling to life hoping this platform does make it out of beta mode and succeed and trust me I hope it does. The mere fact that steemit was founded on getting paid for your content. This is a wonderful aspect, but most of the content being paid is that of pictures being posted, the same thing most were getting yelled at for spam. Mu complaint is not that I am angry because my posts do not get voted like crazy, its become what i am use to now and with almost 500 posts in a little over 2 months i have put my work in. I am not trying to argue with anyone and from the right of being able to do so, i am just getting my question answered on how this happens.
Thanks for your thoughtful response. You got my upvote.
You wrote:
More than likely they have developed a group of active followers. I hope to develop such a following someday.Meanwhile, I have great followers, some of whom will almost always upvote soon after I post something good.
I can only encourage you:
Best wishes,
Robert
Thanks for the encouragement. Will continue to do what i do.