"Yeah, the money is nice, BUT..."

@hansikhouse, I had to think about this for a bit.

I write this from a Steemit account I created specifically for my wife and my small independent art gallery... we want to offer the artists we represent more exposure. So, in that sense Steemit is "another social content platform."

However, art is a tough business... so this is also an avenue to find new artists, along the way... perhaps more feasible as we establish more of a "base" here on Steemit.

Then "the money is nice" in the sense that we're hoping we can get some of the gallery's followers to become followers here, as well. By extension, we can perhaps start get enough upvotes to trickle some funds back to the gallery-- 'cuz goodness knows we're "working on a shoestring"-- to help sponsor and promote artists.

Unrelated to this, I created my primary @denmarkguy Steemit account because-- at least for me-- the format of Steemit matches something I very much missed from 12-15 years ago, called "social blogging."

Before Facebook, the "social web" revolved around "blog rings" and blogging communities where there was authentic connection over the content shared. And that content was far deeper and more meaningful than Facebook ever was able to be. Every try BLOGGING on Facebook? Of course, that's not what Facebook was FOR... but what happened to the 30 million bloggers, pre-Facebook? I was one of them... and Steemit was a new "home" to find meaningful content AND meaningful connection and dialogue about that content.

Again, "the money is nice" but above all, I love the underlying model here that this is-- in essence-- a gift economy where rewards are mostly based on "giving forward."

Great questions!