Dear @barbro, by chance I found this conversation. It is very interesting for me because of several reasons.
First I'm glad to see you and @ramta voting always with 100%. That's the same I always did. And it's the opposite of the behaviour of nearly all others. That's great. I think the reason to vote only 100% for you and me may be similar.
Second, it is amazing to see you in the discussion with @karenb54. You hit the crutial point - is it about money??
I came into steemit because of ONE reason: I wanted to publish my content. And i'm glad if anybody reads or comments it. This should be the one and only reason to be here.
In the beginning, my posts were low valued. But this was a promotion for me to become better. And so I spent much time on reading other's people posts and I saw many great authors. I mean the most important thing is to bring out very good content. And of course content that matches my own convictions. A few days ago I read a post of @sift666. He committed that he sometimes thought about publishing contents that pays more, but at the end he decided to be true to himself. Isn't that great?