"The point is crypto has become a very serious passion for me. I must march to my own drum. I choose to follow my own dreams."
This is great inspiration for me. Some of my friends have also refused to join steemit, while those that joined are enjoining the community. We can't force people to like or believe in the things we believe in, we can only strongly hold on to out own beliefs and be successful in/through it, maybe they'd also come to understand and accept it-including Steemit.