All good points. I just read a story that indicated it's more about how much reading each member who views your story is already consuming. If they're reading tons of stories for the month, then some of their $5 membership is being distributed to ALL the writers for the month. So to my understanding, if one reader reads your story (and they only read 5 stories all month), you'll earn more from that reader on that story, than you'll earn on the SAME story, from a reader who has read 50 stories for the month. That's how it was broken down from someone who apparently knows - not me :-)