the secret writers are paid 50% of the SBD. I began paying everyone in Bitcoin because of anonymity issues. Each secret writer is paid by the day after at the latest. I set this up originally outside of Steemit, and I created this service on Medium with no monetary rewards. I was doing this work entirely for free, as a real service. Here's the link to that original service: https://medium.com/@secretwriter

I am doing this as a service and many of the secrets come to me in broken English. Some secrets I have to rewrite and rephrase quite a bit. I see this as a job, and I also need to get paid for the work I do, both in editing and the choosing of the images. While I hear what you are saying that the secret writer, you believe should earn 100% of the rewards, many of the secret writer posts are hovering around $100 in total rewards now. The whales have mostly stopped voting for them, so this is not a lucrative endeavor, actually. I never intended it for it to be a lucrative endeavor, and I think the rewards are perhaps where they might be realistically.

I will continue to do this project because I feel that it serves a greater purpose. I also, have rejected several submissions because I detected that they were not secrets. If I have any indicators that the secrets are not by the person who is submitting it, I don't accept it. Generally, most have been quite happy to get anonymous feedback and the 50% of the SBD. None have expressed that it should be more. I am sticking to my original setup because that is how I feel most comfortable running the Secret Writer. It's a voluntary service that I have decided to run. If anyone can run it better, please do so. If any secret writers are upset that I didn't offer them 100% of SBD, they are free to set up their own system or go with others who offer that.

I am the head of my household, entirely responsible for providing for an extended family. If I did not have direct needs associated with survival and providing income for both of my parents as well as a child, I might be interested in just volunteering my time. That, however, is not the case.

I could send you screenshots of all the bitcoin transactions, if you want. However, keep in mind, I have paid out every single secret writer post 50% of the SBD. If I hadn't paid, we all would see that anger on the blockchain and I wouldn't have a high rep. I have never missed paying anyone.