Alright, I would like to contribute to this platform but I have many questions about how to go about it.

For example, I was just about to post a video from one of my favorite youtuber Computing Forever . He does amazing social commentaries and tech related youtube videos.

Now I realize that if his content is upvoted and appreciated on the platform, the rewards would go to me and the people who participate in the voting process.

I realized it might be a bad idea...Karmically.

So I sent him an email saying this:

Hi! I'm a huge fan of your regressive news that you create. It is much needed and I want to thank you for it. Now, I just wanted to let you know of something important because I was about to post your videos unto steemit.com and earn reward from your content. I figured that it would be the honorable thing for me to give you the opportunity to post it yourself and earn reward for the content YOU've created. You can learn more about it at Steem.io - Let me know if you don't intend on posting there because there are thousands of dollars at stake. They have a well done whitepaper if you are curious about the intricate details of the platform.

Was that the right thing to do?

If so, is there a way to reward people for bringing in content creators like this guy? Because it goes against my economic incentives to actually tell him to post his own stuff...unless I am misunderstanding something right now.

Please correct me if I misunderstand how the platform works.