It is definitely nice to be rewarded for writing!

I'm not exactly new to getting paid for writing, but I'm used it it being far more time consuming because it involved installing Google Adsense on blog pages and generating Amazon product links and such things. Here it just happens automatically. Similarly, on other "rewards for content" sites, there was endless time to spend being out there plugging your articles on social media or you wouldn't make but a few pennies.

People "gaming the system" are merely a sad part of our reality... they are everywhere, trying to gain through shortcuts and hacks.