engagement before reward is what I opt for. I think that is the only way we can build a homogeneous community. I often wonder when I see a post having more number of upvotes than views. Then the question comes to mind: why upvote a post you haven't read?! One good thing steemit has done for me in the past 3weeks of my joining is LEARNING. I have learnt about beautiful places I never knew existed before. I have learnt about people and inventions. Learnt about stuff I never came across in other social media platforms. And I have been able to share as well. If we have a system that rewards before encouraging engagement, all it will produce in us would be selfishness. By then, we won't be concerned about building this amazing community, instead everyone will be building their own little empire. That should'nt happen. Let's share and connect, and consequently build a community that will inturn gratify us with rewards!