Upvote to $$ Comparison With Other Posts

I do not think I'm the only person on Steemit that needs an explanation on how the "Upvote to $$" function actually works.

This is My recent post from last night. https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerome-colley/is-there-room-for-one-more-person-on-steemit
I want You to focus on the number of Upvotes and $.
Now, please look at the following posts and compare those with regards to the abovementioned post.
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@future24
@lpfaust
@dpapadimitroylas
@titianamoroz
I think that it would be greatly beneficial if someone from the Steemit dev team could chime in and elaborate. Regardless of an upvote. If @Ned , @dantheman or any one else on the team could clear this ambiguity/confusion up there would be some very happy people on Steemit. Not that there isn't happy people here. I'm normally a happy go Steemit kinda guy. I'm not mad or upset now. I just know that I'm scratching my head today thinking "damn! What's up with that?!"
So, Dan or Ned please help a brother understand the mechanics of all this because You're evidently way smarter than Me.
Peace.