I appreciate your comment. I am not here for professional purposes, nor to join in pop culture worshipfests, but to interact and share my interests with like minded folk.

It seems to me that the downvote is both unnecessary, as simply not voting is potential, and actively harmful. @kingscrown did nothing wrong by posting. He didn't plagiarize, or spam, or lie. He voiced his opinion as he chose.

If the platform penalizes content providers simply because there are competitors, or for any reason, the platform will lose those providers, and that will leave the platform an useless echo chamber of self glorifying populists and money grubbers.

I'll be gone if that happens too.

Soon Steemit will have competition. The current crop of cryptos and popularity of social media indicate plenty of opportunity in the market for more players, and, just as Amazon did to Ebay, or Facebook did to Myspace, these new competitors can learn from mistakes Steemit makes, but doesn't fix.

Thanks!