Sorry, I had to come back and add some more thoughts on your thought-provoking post...
- Perhaps one problem of the great content producers, is the limited timeframe you can earn rewards. If your work doesn't get seen in 7 days, that's it. What you earn in those first 7 days after publishing is all you will ever earn.
- In the "real world" of publishing content, you have the potential to earn forever. Write a book you can earn for years to come. Create a web site to post your content, join some affiliate programs, or create an ebook to sell and you can earn as long as you maintain your site.
- Have you seen the new SMT site called https://appics.com/ ?
It is steemit.com with a few twists. One I found most interesting is it has a tip button. Meaning, you could get income forever from your great content. The difference between a tip and an upvote in the 7 day timeframe, is that the upvote is basically free, but the tip would actually come out of your wallet...
Here's the post I did about it a few days ago...
- Have you seen the new SMT site called https://appics.com/ ?
- In the "real world" of publishing content, you have the potential to earn forever. Write a book you can earn for years to come. Create a web site to post your content, join some affiliate programs, or create an ebook to sell and you can earn as long as you maintain your site.