Now that *math* would make sense.

Though still, *the premise,* when there's a DOLLAR sign in front of the amounts...

*Wow.*

*Way to make things clear, simple, transparent, and easy to understand for anyone who doesn't dig to find the answers for themselves, team Steemit.* 👏😷

Nope.

If we can't take our Steem and sell *anywhere* for $0.21 - **which we can't** - then that makes no sense at all.

*In theory, I get it - when the **dollar sign** is "supposed to" represent **Steem Dollars**.*

But when we take our Steem to any actual exchange and can only get $0.12 for it...

Sorry to be so blunt, but this is straight manipulation of perception, misleading, non-transparent, and quite frankly, *bullshit.*

That we can't actually cash out our rewards for the value they're stated as without first having to convert them to Steem Dollars and then wait for Steem Dollar to get back to $1 - **if** it ever *does* - I'm sorry, this is just ridiculous.

(please understand my aggression is not directed at *you*, but the system and those responsible for such a shortsighted arrangement which makes things so complicated and misleading for the average Steemit user who sees a DOLLAR SIGN and would reasonably expect that measurement to be in DOLLARS - only to have to dig and find out where 2/3 of their rewards have gone 'missing.' I do appreciate your answer, even if it may not come across as it while I'm still responding to the issue in general.)

*"Internal price."*

And this is supposed to be clear to the average Steem user / average person - and perfectly acceptable when they go to cash out their Steem on a **real** exchange and find that the value is on 57% of what has been stated...? 

*(rhetorical question. I do appreciate your clarification - even if not at all agreeing with the system itself.)*

🙌

YES. And this post is coming from someone who's been here from the start and has *some* idea of what's going on. If *I'm* oblivious to such details, can anyone expect anyone *newer* here to understand either? Or for the absolute newbies to pleased when the show up, find out that their payouts are *a third* of what stated, and have no idea of where to even look for the reasons to why...?

Higher upvotes doesn't really mean shit when the majority of those upvotes are worth a penny or less and we're only getting a third of what they're said to be worth on the front end.