In my opinion we should not be that greedy for money. Just post great content and if someone likes your post be happy with it. I mean all that whale stuff is just annoying. At Steem great content and a nice community should be more important.

But nobody says, that everyone have to hold Steem and must be an active member at the community.

If you like trading, Steem is a nice opportunity and if you are lucky and get money out of your investment/posts you can make what ever you want with it.