The Death and Life of Steem

If you're reading this, then chances are you're asking the same question as me: "Is Steem legit? Will I still be on here in a week, month, or year?"

Well the good news is, you have the power! The bad news is, you have the power....

Humans are mostly great, sometimes shit, and sometimes the great ones can be shit.

Take the current top trending story on Steem, for instance. A young man with a spine issue, cancer, from what I could tell, with not enough money to receive adequate treatment.

Now, the kind-hearted man in me wants to upvote his story, write a comment, tell him I'm praying for him, maybe even actually pray for him. But this is 2017. Clickbait is on very corner, and if any platform was ever going to reward producers of clickbait, it's Steem.

Unfortunately, I'm now forced to question the sincerity of this young man's story. Not because what he wrote raises questions, but simply because, as a society, we've got 10 years of overly-generous-Nigerian-prince-scam-experience under our belts.

So as a reader, through the power of your upvoting, you can reward well-written, genuine, unique blog posts.
OR
You can click on clickbait, with outrageous headlines, ready to tell you everything you want to hear, whether it's true or not.

So the 'Steem of Tomorrow' is either the playground of creative writers, being rewarded for writing courageous, original content, free for you to read, or it's ground zero of genuine journalism, where scammers come to prey on the gullible and naive.

I want Steem to succeed, truly I do! But the majority of the Steem community needs to want that too, and we will vote with our fingers.

The power is yours! Use it wisely.