The thing is most people do not "earn steem" by posting.
If you are new to the platform or don't have invested in Sp chances are damn high that you do not even earn a few pennies for your post unless a dolphin or whale approve your article.
I am not a blogger so I am not upset about this unless I see the classic copy and paste "charts analysis" circle upvote arrangement.

I am here since 2017 and I own around 2000 steem and just lease it out which brings me 1 steem a day by literary doing nothing- not sure if this should be the way to go but hey I take profits.