@StellaBelle, thanks for this well-written article.
I do have a question/concern - I read something you wrote regarding the alleged fraud committed by Jeff Berwick, and after doing more research it seems to me that this individual has scammed a lot of people out of tons of money. I'm wondering why the Steemit community overwhelmingly praises him... he seems like a liability to the entire steemit platform. Imagine if an article came out saying "Steemit supports and pays millionaire scam artist"... that would be terrible for everyone on Steemit. Do you have any thoughts on this?
I have voiced my concerns about this for as long as I can remember. I don't have control over others.
Of course, we only have control over ourselves. But personally, whenever I mention it I seem to get down voted and my reputation goes down even though all I did was ask about the reports of fraud. It's like a taboo subject Steemians are just supposed to ignore I guess. Disappointing... thanks for your response stellabelle