I don't understand Steemit yet. It took me some time to grasp the etiquette and I still haven't. I don't understand a lot of things. As I'm looking at this post it has 21 views, but 36 votes and very little comment. Are people afraid to participate in something so controversial? There are so many unwritten rules.
And just when I think I have them. I find out I was wrong. I just blocked and muted the warlords almost immediately. I don't understand the bots, so I don't use them (except for Ginabot and something I have to use for Steemengine.)
I'd love to see this platform free'd up, thriving with everything everyone wants. But different communities want different things.
A great man taught me a while back that what's important to me is not necessarily important to you and vice, versa. And that's alright.
This isn't a community. This is a LOT of communities. And they all have things that are important to them. And they don't all understand that what's important to them is useless to the others. I could go on, but I've probably already said something I shouldn't have.
Bang on. This is why many people call Steemit a microcosm of the real world.
I've been here about 8 months and I still haven't grasped the etiquette. It's part of what this post is about I suppose.
Some of the votes I have here are auto-votes from people who support my writing but have not necessarily had a chance to read it yet.