RE: Who is paying me, and you, for this?
Actually, Steem is one of the few crypto-currencies that has support in some productive factor, in this case it is the Steemit community, in which content is created by different types of people, for a great variety of people, and with a high margin of freedom, What the Steem can have of "ponzi scheme" have all the criptodivisas, possibly with the exception of Bitcoin, than if it is having a truly practical use in the life of the people. Just the business nowadays, it is the mining of crypto-currencies, and when the day arrives where you can not speculate how you are doing with the most of these crypto-currencies, the reality is that the Steem has a point in favor to follow functioning, which is precisely that it is based on a growing community.