Great sentiments. As early adopters of Steem, many of us are here because we’re enthralled with the concept and the potential, not necessarily the current content or functionality of the sites & apps. But that leaves us too focused on the system itself... i.e. the money.
Most of our friends aren’t here yet. The musicians & artists we’d like to follow aren’t here yet (except you of course Ben!). The businesses and brands we’d like to interact with don’t have pages and online shops accepting Steem yet.
So the traditional incentives to use social media aren’t in place yet, leaving only the non traditional incentive (Steem/money!) We all need to focus on using Steem as we would any other social networks, find our own purpose & joys, and enjoy using Steem just for using it.
“How do I earn more Steem?” is the worst question anyone can ask. If everyone just did what they want to do and let the rewards take care of themselves, we’d all be a lot happier. And a lot of those “yets” will start turning to “finallys.” Our friends, family, interests & passions will all finally be here. The apps and sites will finally be as complete and feature rich as Facebook, Instagram & Twitter. And people will finally be interested in Steem whether they earn money or not.
Wonderful. Thanks for these thoughts. I love connecting with the truly passionate generous people here. Steemit is like LA. It looks impossible from the outside but once you find your peeps, you fall in love.