The thing that I have realized is that you can't come here with the expectation of making money- that will come with time and LOTS and LOTS of effort.

You have to stick around because you find this place to be a creative outlet for yourself and for others. A place to explore and broaden your horizons while meeting strange and interesting new people (among hundreds of comment zombies).

I am a believer in this platform because we are still so early in its development. Being a two year old platform using experimental technology that was also recently created we have come quite far I would have to say. With new user interfaces and some other modifications to the network I think we should see some broader adoption.

Many of the people who I have introduced to Steemit didn't stay with us. Either they lose interest, have no idea how to use it, lose their password or just don't see the value in joining a new social media platform. If we can overcome some of these problems then more people will definitely hang around.