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Now I really need to ask this question, would you rather that everyone earns poorly like you at that point. I want an honest answer. The reason is because your major issue is comparative earning. You compared your post earning with that of another post.

Of course not, surely every single day comes a lot of quality posts that deserve every dollar they get because it is a lot of effort and time invested in it.
Every post has the right to be published and we will either vote it or not.
I think the emphasis is on trending posts while at the same time a lot of high quality posts and quality authors do not get enough attention. But obviously it's all about time ...

Time, Networking and "Interesting" posts. (lol, I must struggle with that) I agree that is what it is about.
By the way, I have been frustrated with trending before, and it has a way of working it's self out. I know it can get frustrating... Keep trying.

Thank you @whatsup! It is all about hard work, like everything in life!