@papa-pepper thanks for giving me my morning reading, I was hooked on this one. You still channel the same energy that drew me to Steemit 3 months ago: Great community, writing and sharing to grow, and the potential for financial reward for doing so. Before financial rewards were even a thing on social media, those other aspects were what I wanted in a network.
Steemit has given me countless hours of material to pour over, from a butt ton of interesting people scattered across my country and world, and I love that I can earn crypto to give back to them, especially since I'm not rich or anything IRL. I try to encourage the poet in all of us, and for me the real value is seeing a lot of the poetry slam contestants continue to develop great poetry and earn more and more for that art. Not gonna lie, I get a little high when I see several Slam Post entries earning rewards from the community at large.
I think we're aligned on how important comments and dialogue is to encouraging the community. I will never deny that a big payout is exciting and definitely encouraging, but the truth is that I had hid myself away for so long that I'm more ecstatic about the followers that genuinely like my work (minnow through whale, we're all just people). I never thought I would really write ever again.
We really should get together next time I'm in Wisconsin, like December I think
I'll be back in WI in December too, and meeting up with you in person would be awesome.
You have shared very well in your comment and I sincerely appreciate all that you are up to in your attempt to build this community and inspire others.
You've inspired me @prufarchy!