That is ridiculous! I guess that is exactly the (public) reaction they want. Too funny.... Someone from the steem team needs to confirm the 100k before I believe it
That DISCUSSION with all 21 comments is earning over $100K at this moment in time based upon the current price of STEEM and the amounts the network will award.
The number will fall dramatically as more people add content to "dilute" the rewards
I agree it is an obscene amount to pay for some political opinions from 21 people... but no more obscene than paying $1 worth of STEEM for $.001 worth of hash power. When people see the oversized payouts they should join in and compete to get their share until the actual payouts are inline with the current "difficulty".
Note that half of the 100K is being paid to curators who are voting.
It is literally free "share drop" on posters right now. All you need to do is create an account and start having discussions over there and earn free steem.