Because I am new to the community, I appreciate the price of Steem dropping ;) Just bought a scant amount to power up.
And, if many leave because they're here just for the money, than I'm happy for that. Hope that doesn't go against "negativity rules."
I am most excited about, and joined Steemit because of the philosophy, not the big earnings, and have to say it's been a bit of a turn off to find out just how much of the site seems devoted to upvotes and gaining notoriety. I came here to learn more about crypto, to read about fantastic ideas not censored by the main stream, see great art and make connections with like-minded people.
Of course being paid for quality content would also be fantastic and it'd be nice to pull in an upvote of two--it's difficult to create a post and see it go nowhere.
Am I a "real" steemian? Well, I'm here, putting my $ and time behind a platform I believe in. Perhaps, just not so great at the hustle which can feel so similar to the thinking I'd think the steemian community would attempt to distance itself from.
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