Hello Brian, greetings from Venezuela mate! That's the magic of the internet buddy, especially Steemit and its Dapps such a 3speak which allow all users to reward content creators and followers who pay real attention to original content. I still wonder why social medias such a steemit haven't gone mainstream yet. I guess this gives us more time to get more steem in order to reward newcomers. I really do hope the heat to calm down a little over there. Cheers!