There's a balance.
I came here thinking, "I'm just going to write the best I can and enjoy reading a bunch of interesting people."
Within a day I was like, "Only 10 votes on my post? What am I doing wrong?"
I think as long as we can keep our focus on giving, and treat the (wildly inconsistent) payouts as an occasional gift, we'll do okay.
Yeah!!! That is totally the deal isn't it. It's all about the frame of reference.