I disagree @roelandp , that decline payout option should be reserved for special circumstances and being a successful blogger on steemit is not one of them, and should not be.

It would be cool @dan if we could choose the percentages on payouts, like we do for voting power. Instead of 0/50/100 let us choose 0-100. :)

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Vous seriez satisfait dans les brefs délais. Vous pouvez payer durant 3 ans jusqu'à 20 ans en fonction de la quantité de prêt octroyé. C'est à vous de voir pour les paiements mensuels avec un taux d'intérêt de 3 %. Il vous suffit de Contacter par mail : 
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Et vous serez satisfait
PS : personnes non-sérieuses s'abstenir

Good night
I apologize for the intrusion my original emanuella sambagini name
Italian and I live in France, I suffer from throat cancer and I intend to donate all
My property. I now have in my personal account; the sum of
60000 euros that I had kept for a construction project. But I
Will be ready to give you this money that will help you in your
Company, to also make your own name a project that holds you
To the heart, I ask you to consider my offer because
It is a gift that I offer you. I do not want to
Know if you can benefit from this gift. I suffer a lot and
I am very afraid, I almost can not sleep at night as the day
Because I do not want to die without having donated all that money
Otherwise I think it would be a disaster. I lost my husband 3
Years, who touched me a lot and I could not remarry until
We had no children. Please contact me
As soon as possible if you agree with my offer. That peace and
The mercy of God be with you.
My e-mail address is: emanuellasambagini@gmail.com
Please pray for me, even if you do not answer me
May the peace of Christ be with you

Good night
I apologize for the intrusion my original emanuella sambagini name
Italian and I live in France, I suffer from throat cancer and I intend to donate all
My property. I now have in my personal account; the sum of
60000 euros that I had kept for a construction project. But I
Will be ready to give you this money that will help you in your
Company, to also make your own name a project that holds you
To the heart, I ask you to consider my offer because
It is a gift that I offer you. I do not want to
Know if you can benefit from this gift. I suffer a lot and
I am very afraid, I almost can not sleep at night as the day
Because I do not want to die without having donated all that money
Otherwise I think it would be a disaster. I lost my husband 3
Years, who touched me a lot and I could not remarry until
We had no children. Please contact me
As soon as possible if you agree with my offer. That peace and
The mercy of God be with you.
My e-mail address is: emanuellasambagini@gmail.com
Please pray for me, even if you do not answer me
May the peace of Christ be with you

>Is it really that Charlie doesn't know what he's talking about? 

I wasn't referring to Charlie.

>So if a popular author writes an article and gets many votes and a significant payout, it has no impact on any other author publishing at that time?

Sure, it has an impact. But what does "having an impact" mean?

Good night
I apologize for the intrusion my original emanuella sambagini name
Italian and I live in France, I suffer from throat cancer and I intend to donate all
My property. I now have in my personal account; the sum of
60000 euros that I had kept for a construction project. But I
Will be ready to give you this money that will help you in your
Company, to also make your own name a project that holds you
To the heart, I ask you to consider my offer because
It is a gift that I offer you. I do not want to
Know if you can benefit from this gift. I suffer a lot and
I am very afraid, I almost can not sleep at night as the day
Because I do not want to die without having donated all that money
Otherwise I think it would be a disaster. I lost my husband 3
Years, who touched me a lot and I could not remarry until
We had no children. Please contact me
As soon as possible if you agree with my offer. That peace and
The mercy of God be with you.
My e-mail address is: emanuellasambagini@gmail.com
Please pray for me, even if you do not answer me
May the peace of Christ be with you

Agree.  You don't get paid to post tou get paid to invest time and energy into a long term involvement in creating content.  Many 1 cent posts have turned more valuable the longer I stayed in and got more followers and upvotes especially from high reputation users.  It will pay but only if you are putting out something someone else wants to hear and values hearing.