Ah yes, almost forgot about that tread. It is true, as he says, that Steem was supposed to be more than the social network Steemit.com, but that doesn't mean that you are supposed to ruin the site with spam, bots and vote-selling. Instead you should make new sites using the currency and start trading real things for Steem - a thing I want to try out in the future.
Good to hear that you are one of the real bloggers. I think we need that.