Perhaps it's just because I use Steemit for for the great interactions you can find in the SteemSTEM community rather than profit but I just don't understand the mentality of entitlement that someone owes you their attention, much less money. As far as I'm aware, none of the content I've ever hosted here has ever received attention from the steemstem account.
I believe the profit incentive really does skew things even further. We can say that the community should be populated by writers who are genuine and act out of passion for their work but with money on the line, I think you'll always have the clingers who live by the ethos of "minimize effort, maximize."
This is especially an issue with the internet since different countries have vastly different standards of living. To me, earning $20 of internet funny money is less interesting than hearing a person liked reading what I wrote, while to some that may represent an entire day's salary or more.
In my opinion the only thing that can be done is continued quality policing by the community and perhaps more people to split the workload over managing the steemstem account. It'd be a shame to see such an interesting and vibrant STEM focused community start to break down due to avarice.
SteemSTEM is not a charity institution! :)
Look, I came from the county where my monthly salary was 500 Euros. 500 Euros for 30 days of work in science. And I understand it's tempting to screw the system. Yes, our leading elites are doing just that for the last 30 years (for the whole my life) - and it's fundamentally wrong. And experimentally proven in practice as wrong.
The only way to make a prosperous community is to be devoted to the general idea.
If the idea is to establish the community with high-quality scientific post - then contribute with the highest possible quality you can achieve.
If the idea is to get extra rewarded for your specific, unpopular, difficult-to-read-article - help the community.
If steem money means nothing to you - good, don't be too upset about the rewards and post for your own satisfaction
If steem money is an important part of your income than devote to that post as it's your job! Don't expect to earn 8h salary for 15 min of lazy posting work.