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Ah, I see! Thank you for explaining! :)

Do you have any suggestions on how I can actually earn money on Steemit? Aside from a couple of my messages, I've earned less than $.00001/hour of effort.

Being successful on Steemit is a long run. My advises are:

  • do not compare your result with others
  • forget payout/time ROI at the beginning
  • find a niche with subjects you like
  • develop you network. Interact with others. Comments are sometimes better rewarded than posts.
  • stay committed

Good luck!

And do you have any thoughts on voting groups? I have avoided them since I joined, over 1.5 years ago, because I am doubtful of them, but it seems that some of the top-paid authors use them.

After submitting hundreds of articles, many of which took many hours to write, and seeing not only an hourly salary that is pathetic, but a per-article salary that averages less than $.10 article.

I will try to do as you suggest. Hopefully I'll succeed. Thank you!