I also like the idea of Steemit; that blogers, such as yourself get paid for quality content. 
In principle it doesn't matter how this goes; via likes or up-votes or commercials or direct payments.
Also I, as user, want to contribute to such bloggers & do my best to "return the favor".

Are you familiar with https://indahash.com/?  Their ICO ended couple of weeks ago. The idea behind this is, than the "influencer's" get $$$ for good visited, rated, seen... posts on different social networks. 

By the way @dragosroua, tnx for the analysis!