if it was ever that easy,
he might have done you a favor ;) 15$ in payout gets a flag lol ;D since you might get 40$ and then you have to be put down for high rewards, purely joking but that seems to happen from time to time.
But clearly something is in the muck over there, I would like to see how taking 100$ out of the reward pool then consuming it, well yes it's bound to go somewhere, that is what cash and credit is for :D so it will go to another place for sure
RE: Why steemit.com is an ant colony or a bee hive, though it should not be. I am yet to see a post by an ant!