Remember that Steemit is an experiment, a proof of concept of a blockchain technology and truly global. Everyone is here for various reasons but money is the overriding concern and some are greedier than others. As in life, it's not what you know but who you know that counts. I think that there were noble ideas in the creation of steemit but all you are seeing is human nature and laissez faire capitalism at work. People only care for each other in communities and I hope that the launch of communities helps somewhat. Right now, I'm getting powerful upvotes from a family member who also used Steemit to get himself out of financial trouble. Thing is, he was a very early adopter and he had faith in the platform and kept posting when Steem was only worth $0.06 and it is only in the last 6 months that that has changed. So those there at the beginning also took a gamble. For me, the need exists and I'm grabbing the opportunity with both hands because I'm on the brink of a massive financial hole and I'm grateful to have the lifeline. Would I try paying for even more upvotes just to be greedy? No, although that would solve my problems quicker. Clearly, I am dumb
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Clearly, you have ethics, values and morals.
My Human was also here, posting through 6c Steem... and there was definitely a more idealistic attitude in the early days. And — in many ways — Steemit has gone further than 99% of "rewards for content" sites over the years. Anyway, pretty much any opportunity will attract the exploiters of the world... most "pure" ideologies only work within the constraints of intellectual and academic echochambers. Sadly.
I'm happy for you that this opportunity has enabled you to claw your way back from the edge of the financial black hole-- that's awesome!
"Communities" have been on the horizon for a long time, it seems. It's interesting how groups of Steemians have already "self-organized" into mutually supportive groups... "bloggers," "curators," "artists" and so on.
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