This part of the second list brings me so much joy :D
Get some STEEM, Make a piece of content (quality unknown), buy votes from a bot, get downvoted to DOOM. No extra STEEM, No-rinse and repeat, and No profit. Shit...
Buy STEEM, power it up, delegate to a bot. Nobody uses the service because of 1. , no return. No selling for profit. Shit...
Open a Bot service. Nobody uses Bot service. Close Bot service.
Buy fuckton of STEEM, Make 10x blog posts (quality unknown) a day and upvote those. Get downvoted to DOOM, No profit. Shit...
It's definitely already clear the Steem game is changing/has changed. It's exciting. We just need to explain all the newbies how buying a bit of Steem can become their bread and butter. Also: how will the game be played when STEEM gets too expensive for newbies to buy so they can have a reasonable path on Steem? Or will we just introduce them to a cool SMT by then and accept a whole part of 'Steem users' will never own a lot of Steem?
Probably. My guess for now at least.
In the meanwhile: bite the pain and get well soon! Ear pains are the worst.