I just saw this entry from 2 weeks ago, so I'm a bit late, but I just wanted to reply directly to one of your posts. And actually, this one seems very appropriate. Earlier today I made a comment to a post that was made by @sean-king , which you then upvoted.
Now, a lot of people seem to have doubts about this place, and I got into a conversation with another member here who decided he was throwing in the towel. After discussing his conundrum, he ended the conversation by transferring the last 5 steemdollars to me that he had as he began to power down. He'd had it with this place, he said he felt the whole thing was rigged. When I went to look at his wallet, I discovered that he had been here about the same amount of time as me (which might not be true, he could've been here longer), but was far outranking me already. Easily ten-fold. He mentioned how he had been getting 50-100 upvotes consistently, but nevertheless, he was done. I tried to tell him what I believed, which is that there are people here counting on that kind of activity - people tossing it in and saying "Screw this. I'm out." Whatever the case, I wasn't able to talk him into staying, but he seemed to appreciate the effort.
I think the point I'm coming to here is that it seems one has to approach Steemit with excitement, but to be sure not to get overzealous or to come here with higher expectations than would probably be logical.
Most of the time, if something seems too good to be true, well...it probably is.
In Steemit's case, however, I think the proper mentality to have is that if it seems too good to be true, you've got the wrong idea about what it is in the first place.
Thank you for showing me what it is. With the experience I've already had in the past week here, your single upvote taught me more about it than you might know. Expect to see me around. I'm here to stay. :)
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