I'm guessing there is something I'm doing wrong but it appears the payout system might be broken. Maybe I just don't understand how it's supposed to work and someone can fill me in.
Yesterday I submitted many stories in an attempt to learn what kind of content resonates with the Steemit audience. Out of those submissions a few did alright and I succeeded in my humble goal of reaching a $1SD payout.
Here are my 4 best performing posts and how much it said I would be paid.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@contentjunkie/i-just-invested-in-steem-steemit - $0.83
https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@contentjunkie/solar-powered-bitcoin-mining-farm - $0.02
https://steemit.com/funny/@contentjunkie/the-gig-economy - $1.14
https://steemit.com/steemit/@contentjunkie/steemit-follow-train - $0.21
Here is a screen shot of what my blog page looked like before I went to bed with those payment amounts
That is what it looked like when I went to bed. When I woke up today I expected to see at least $1SD in my wallet from those posts. What I actually received was far far less. Here are screenshots of my wallet, author rewards and curation rewards.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@contentjunkie/i-just-invested-in-steem-steemit - $0.83 Actually received: 0.024SD and 0.012SP
https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@contentjunkie/solar-powered-bitcoin-mining-farm - $0.02 Actually received: NOTHING
https://steemit.com/funny/@contentjunkie/the-gig-economy - $1.14 Actually received: 0.041SD and 0.020SP
https://steemit.com/steemit/@contentjunkie/steemit-follow-train - $0.21 Actually received: 0.016SD and 0.009SP
So what happened? Is the system broken or did I do something wrong and this is how it's intended to be? I know someone mentioned to me yesterday that posting more than 4 times a day can dilute your payouts and 20 - 30 upvotes a day to others is optimal. Is that what's affecting my payouts? Did they get diluted by my other posts that didn't fair as well? If that is the case the system still seems somewhat broken. None of my content was flagged and most received at least a couple upvotes.
What am I not getting? How did $2.2SD in payouts shrink to $0.122 SD & SP combined? This doesn't seem like a good system for a social network starving for content. Something like this would just encourage bots across multiple accounts with snoeshowing while still punishing individual power users.
