O sorry forgot to respond to your comment.
Brian is right with the inflation. A hardfork more than 2 years ago changed these figures.
I came on to Steem shortly after the July 4 event in 2016. When I arrived there were already bots. I didn’t realize there was a time before that without bots.
Steem is healthier than it’s ever been because:
- all the dapps being built - Steem Monsters, Steem Hunt, Partiko, Three Speak etc
- Steemit Inc with @elipowell has finally got their act together and cut expenses dramatically and receiving a revenue now, which will hopefully lead to the scheduled programatic selling of Steem on the markets.
- SCOT, Steem Engine and all the new token economies being built
- Communities and SMTs coming soon.
So yeah, compared to three years ago, it’s a much healthier environment.