by a community member who never expected them to get voted but wanted to provide some content

but note that he also didnt get voted on , nor did he get the 1 QMC back
He/she didn't expect to

The 1 QMC investment per link is a measure to avoid spam on the network and also a way to earn QMC in the long term. An incentive for posting high quality content and information.
We might be changing to more frequent payments along with less votes required soon, though !