Thanks for taking the time to reply. I understood the different between Steemit the platform and the Steem blockchain that has a number of other interfaces... I didn't know that the landscape was called Planet Steem, that's a super cool name.

I am personally trying to build the Ninja Warrior/OCR community on Steemit. The community is huge on other platforms (Instagram primarily, but also Facebook) but Steem is perfect for actually going into depth about training techniques, competition results, etc. This is the community I'm very excited about and one that I think could adopt this platform in a big way. The TV shows often are the highest rating shows in that country.

I don't quite understand why trying to draw a wage from Steem is the wrong approach though, I understand that the more Steem I hold the better for my community... but if I can spend 40 hours a week on it and not work a 'proper' job wouldn't that be best?

I'd love to help the whales out... I just don't really know how to go about asking... Whales seem to get a trillion comments and I honestly wasn't sure those comments were read (again, thank you so much for replying so thoughtfully).