Steem is more practical than most vanity. There is utility to it. I would love to give high upvotes to help talented artists who don't get mcuh attention and doing so would probably help me as well.
The rise in steem is great for us here now but I worry it'll make it really difficult to gain sp in the future...
@whatamidoing It's a fair worry you have - but actually misplaced. The fact is that Steem Dollars (SBD) are trading at around $14.50, the highest ever and well up from the $1 of a few weeks ago. That means you can buy more steem and more steem power (SP) than ever before. What you earn from my upvote is worth much more than the figure you see.
Yeah, if the sbd stayed this high it wouldn't be hard, but the sbd is not likely to stay that high and should eventually remain lower than steem unless there is something I'm missing...