Great post btw!
"You hear it in the dating world all the time, and it stems from telling cracking fibs because she's going to end up knowing you in the end, so why lie in the beginning"
This is so true, people should realize this is block-chain and after some time you can't delete what you have written in it. It's like writing a bible, except this software doesn't upgrade/change your content. :P
"your readers are nowhere near dumb - most of them can sniff out a bullshit article a mile "
I like to mention to people the incident with Craig Wright trying to fake being the creator of bitcoin, sure he "tricked" a few devs and lied in front of media, but it took the crypto-enthusiasts 1 hour to detect the fake signature.
"Enjoy writing for what it is, and perhaps soon, or one day it might just pay off on here"
The power of reddit, even though the users there get paid imaginary karma points, every now and then you see a post from a random youtube channel or blog that someone has linked there, getting so much positive traffic and attention by a random mass of people that the person who created the content usually goes: "what happened here?!" I've seen channels go from 100 subscribers to 500k in a night.
Steemit will turn everyone into writers! :)
I agree!! - love your enthusiasm by the way :)