You're Just As Confused As I am
We need an in depth answer to the crazy system that is made up of comments.
As per steemit's whitepaper-
Rewarding Parent Posts
Good discussion requires back and forth posting. When you reply to someone else, they get
50% of any payout you receive in that thread. This rule applies up to 6 levels deep. Starting a
big discussion greatly rewards the parent poster.
Failure to properly nest your posts in the discussion is a good way to get down voted.
This incentive structure motivates people to contribute in a way that motivates others to get
involved. It encourages people to ask good questions so that others can provide valuable
answers.
Payouts
When a post receives a payout it takes the form of 50% SMD and 50% SP. The Steem Power
give the user increased voting and transaction power while the SMD gives the user an
immediate benefit in a stable currency. As we’ve already discussed at length, both SP and
SMD are designed to encourage long-term holding rather than short-term selling.
I understand that the original poster receives 75% of the total and curators 25% of the toal.
The problem comes when the following questions arise
1.) What if my comment makes money? Does the original poster get 50% of my comment money? (original poster being the post creator and not the first commentor)
2.) What happens when I forget to upvote my own comments and they still get upvoted by others?
3.)Are there curation rewards for others?
4.)If person A posts a comment that shows $100, person B replies with a comment that receives $50 and person A replies to that comment and it receives $20 how does the payout system work
5.)Person A makes comment receives $100 and Person B and C respond and both receive $20. Person A gets 50% of person B and C's comments? So person A gets $100 and $10 each from B and C? Do B and C receive half the posted dollar value or the whole number (being $20 each)
6.)Person A posts first and receives $100. Person B replies and receives $50. Person A then responds and gets $25 dollars. Is it advantageous to upvote the comment nested in person B's?
7.)When should you upvote your own comment?
These are a few of the questions I would love to have answered (also to have a much longer view of previous comment and replies instead of the 25 or so most recent. That can kill a conversation when people don't realize that they have a reply to a comment they made a while ago).
Anyone who can answer these questions will gladly be rewarded with an upvote. This one aspect boggles my mind in a way that nothing else on steemit does.