comedians are one of the last bastions of truth speakers, who pay the price most for it, with a few good exceptions.

When readers up-vote, revenue flows to the post. One more revenue stream, one more way to keep doing what you love.

i think fall into the fallacy of thinking, it seems too good to be true, so it probably is. im betting on people changing their minds about this as more creators such as yourself continue to earn from it. similar to what Satoshi said,

if enough people think the same way, that becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.

nice write up, as always!