You NEVER Disappoint @denmarkguy! Wonderful written, beautifully articulated article. And as always I enjoy your nature photos! This is an issue for real here on steemit, like you in more words then I have today said we have seen this before and history repeats istelf. And many time it does because of that greed that some have, that unquenchable thirst for more. I find many Steemians that want to be here are people that understand the greater good, that inner feeling of utopia. That feeling is within and to some extent I see it in many of Steem Users. This in itself is huge for the growth of this community. To stick around in this environment and do well takes effort, time and a certain commitment. It is in many ways unique. And the STEEM coin makes more transactions a day then many other coins. This is a powerful notion. In 5 years I can see this becoming one of the most amazing networks on earth. And many phenomenal projects can come from this between Steemians and beyond. The purpose of STEEM as a currency. I'm sailing on the ship, I'll be there. Peace!
(This comment took 20 minutes to write with 2 breaks and lots of editing ;)
Quality Content Takes Time @egregorian... which also happens to be the title of my next post, which is current "doing time" in my drafts folder while I answer comments. Which also takes time. As you know...
I really would like to see Steemit be around for a long time... but that also means that either the community OR the base code has to discourage those who'd relentlessly try to exploit the system, rather than simply use it as intended and still get benefits.