The wait is almost over for my first payout on the new 7 day payout system here on steem. So at the moment I'm only about a $1 down on that payout, on one of my others that is a day or so out it's about $12.
Am I pissed off at losing out?
No.
I've signed up to a social media site still in beta that gives me the chance to earn rather than making shareholders money. This is a big thing, I can make money for the hours I spend online being 'socialable' without having to be around people.
Now the main word here is
BETA.
This means were are steemits lab rats, except we get paid. We are here while the site is set up, has field trials and all the bugs and issues are sorted. When you created your account this is what you signed up for. You are not joining a finished fully functioning site but one that still has the scafolding up and no roof on. There will be changes, sometimes major ones, often minor tweeks, there will be experiments to work out what works.
If you can't take being a lab rat then come back in 12 months but you'll give up on getting a bloody good head start in this new exciting project in social media.