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you are not "getting paid". People liked your post, so the platform is giving you SBD for using steemit, and because of people who upvoted you.

This is not money, it's cryptocurrency. The money steemit pays only have value because of market especulation.

I think I'm getting it now. well what ever. It's a good platform to start blogging. Since it's new . Everything else should be a bonus :D