These people are not bankers. They are not politicians. Their merit is that they happened to post an insignificant video about make-up or whatever else, and by the token and grace of a few whales suddenly receive a massive paycheck.

People continuously make light of 30k, which is a years' worth of salary for a lot of people. It baffles me.

Sure. It might just be that by boosting those type of posts, we draw in legions of vloggers and their millions of viewers, ultimately boosting the value of steemit and thus all our paychecks.

Doesn't mean it's right. Doesn't mean it's just. It's still silly and destructive.