I see steemit as my retirement/investment account on the monetary side. I am definitely in this for the long haul.
At first, I thought it was just a social media site that you get paid for. I found that it was that, but so much more.
The community here is like nothing I have ever experienced. There are so many people that want to help. They help with generosity of time more than anything and when someones chips are on the table, out comes the wallets to save the day!
Of course, everybody comes on here for the money, I haven't seen any steemit ads that don't mention the money. Steemit, by it's very nature and advertizing, draws greedy people. Maybe we should advertize differently. Sure, saying 'blog to earn' is going to attract a lot of people, but you will get a lot of the wrong types of people.
As far as self voting goes, it has been here since the start and I have experimented with it, but my conclusion is probably a strange one.
I only now upvote the posts of my own that help other steemians, like my Weekly Wednesday Wonder posts or posts that I am donating the proceeds from to another steemian.
I don't get a lot of money from steemit and what I do get, I use a lot of to help others. After being here for almost a year and being close to some great steemians, I have learned that it is far more gratifying to be a good shepherd than it is to make a quick buck.
I do use some of the money I have recieved to make other investments with, like EOS (may it reach the stars), but on the whole, I have a meager income to live off of and until some of my investments pay off, it is enough.
My riches come from the nonjudgemental way that most steemians have accepted me. I have felt useless pretty much my entire life and when some of the greatest steemians took me under their wing in my first days, I started to realize the value within myself. I can never repay their kindness because they gave me something I cannot give back, my self respect.
So I go on here at steemit, not trying to imitate, but always trying to help. This is why I do the WWW now and I think I always will. I don't want to be famous, so, I will probably and hopefully never acheive fame. However, I would like more power to help people, so I will keep learning and keep writing and cooking and planting, and keep writing better blogs and getting better at interacting because this is what, to me, is a successful ride on the Steemship.
As for comment spammers and the like, be warned, I am about to start flagging you down. I have never downvoted a person on steemit, but, there are pirates on the ship and I intend to defend it!
Thanks for this post, it really moved me and made me think. It also bade me to draw my sword.
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