I don't have a clue how steemit works. do they get paid if any random person looks at a link or does the reader have to be signed in to steemit as well?
either way it's cheesy and blatant.
as far as I know yes. users gets paid thru the votes. its a win-win for steem supporters as they get to spam, spread the word and earn at the same time. This may force user to join the mess seeing how they can take advantage of this opportunity.