A couple dollars usually means little to us. However, when you live in an area where a couple dollars is a day's pay for your family, then it takes on a lot more impact. It is easy for us to get greedy, it is a luxury those in advanced countries can afford. In 3rd world nations, greed is not a motivator, survival is.
Now this really got me. The reason i actually embraced steem with all my heart is the mere fact that i can actually earn without puting in my money unless i want to and this has been it for me. Few months down, i am totally into steemit that i even yearn to invest in it due to the fact that it is here to change lives. A suparb project indeed.
What does an upvote to someone in Indonesia, Nigeria, or Kenya mean? A dozen or so Manna tokens isn't much to us, but what is it to someone in those nations?
I am a Nigerian and i can tell you it means a lot to us over here. Have you wondered the reason why people in these third world countries flood steemit? Thats because steem puts food on the tables of so many people here including me.