The results are in. I've put my account up against 
. An Average User VS an Influencer.
I have been contributing to Steemit now regularly for about a month. I've posted at least a few times a day, some long posts and some short. In the early days... I had a reasonable amount of good success with 3 posts providing me with a nice return on my time. However, it has been steadily in decline. Now, this maybe due to the fact that I'm on the other side of the world and seldom post when the 'whales' are out biting OR maybe it's more of a reflection of the content I've been posting.
Either way, I haven't really minded - I enjoy posting regardless. What I was interested in looking at though was asking this question.
What are my words actually worth and how do they compare to an influencer? Let's look at the numbers.
My account: 
Word count: 29,094 words
Upvote Reward: $1,813
Value Per Word: $0.0623
VS
Word Count: 7,643
Upvote Reward: $39,592.99
Value Per Word: $5.18
Everytime... types a single word he receives..... $5.18.
My thoughts
I can't help but look at our two accounts head to head and ask the question.
Is this really what Steemit values?
He has introduced himself, explained his introduction, done a retrospective on his introduction, revoked his introduction, assessed his introduction and then re-introduced himself.
I'm just unsure that that is providing the community value in anyway shape or form.
It is one thing having an influencer onboard who brings with them interesting content along with bringing more awareness to the platform. It is another thing having an influencer who doesn't really bring anything compelling to the table.
But ultimately this platform is a place of free speech and the votes speak for themselves!
This post is dedicated to the common author on Steemit.
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