If that were true I would say, "What's your point?" -- But it's not true.

The key to making a lot of money on Steemit is "the ability to bring a lot of new people into the community - particularly new people who buy their way to power. === This is done by having a big influence on other social networks like Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, etc...

If Oprah joined Steemit today she would make hundreds-of-thousands of dollars per post - not because of the content of the posts or because a bunch of minnows are upvoting her posts or because she kisses whale-ass.... It's because of her outside influence.

If she's happy and she goes on TV and tells everyone they should join Steemit because they can make hundreds of thousands of dollars per post then the investment in Oprah pays off, BUT (BUT).... the minnows never realize.... they're not Oprah.