I think it needs to be remembered that the"crypto concept" is still entirely foreign to a lot of people. So many of the individuals I have encountered so far have no idea what crypto currency is, let alone #STEEM!!!!!!! So I think it is a little harsh to "blanket" people like that. The fault falls on US as members of this community if you ask me.... because nowhere near enough has been done to promote it.
Pretty much EXACTLY what @theycallmedan did a post on just the other day...
I often run into debate with people over this because those who are in the "know" seem to walk around with this almost arrogant attitude of "expectancy" toward everyone else that is less clued up and to my mind, if your attitude is focused on the growth of a project, then your mindset should be a lot more inclusive. You need to be willing to inform and educate. You need to be willing to train and assist. Essentially... you need to be willing to be accepting of the fact that NOT everybody will know nor grasp things quite as easily as the next and you need to be willing to go the extra mile in order to change that for them - which will in turn, ultimately afford them the opportunity to do the EXACT same thing for someone else in the road ahead.
If my brother had never told me about #steem, I would still be one of these "waste of times" that you just referred to... and I would like to consider myself a long way from there now... and I would hope that everyone else here reserves the same kind of perspective when it comes to the people who have "yet to arrive".
You have a lot to learn in life and on steemit. I'm here two years an a half and I saw it all.
I bring friends and family on steemit. I supported them when my upvote was 30 bucks. Most of them are gone.
I find many newbies and upvoted them for months. A lot of them cashed out and diapered. I supported many projects on steemit, spent my steem and bought their coins. They all gone.
I preached about steemit and people bought steem at 5bucks or even higher. Now they're angry at me.
I could go on and on, but like I said. You need to dig deeper and learn.
But at the end we're all entitled to our own opinions, right?
You'll get a free advice from an oldtimer today. Don't judge people especially if you don't know them.
No hard feelings, tho.
Keep grinding,my friend.