@mada got me in to Steemit pretty early; August of 2016. My first post made $1600 and I was fully committed from that moment on. The next few months of posting made less than $10/ea, but I'd seen the potential and knew this was a special revolution. When STEEM crashed, I bought about $300 when it was around $0.07 and by that summer, it'd turned in to thousands of dollars. STEEM was my bridge in to this crazy world of crypto so it'll always have a special place in my heart.