😂 aw man I am glad you read enough to ID my ridiculous and 'non-traditional' delivery. I have seen quite a bit in my days here and this is one thing that makes me laugh:
Steemit advertises as a platform for making money and there's a belief that somehow people coming here for money or monetary gain are the enemy.

@jackmiller and I often chat and this topic is one we have dissected a few times. When you have a sign up page that directly states you should sign up to earn and a community of early adopters touting that Steemit is not about the money (since when?) it creates a great divide. There are many people who feel they should earn but not everyone puts forth the basic requirements. That doesn't mean you can't earn on Steemit. It also doesn't mean anyone should feel guilty for coming here to earn money as that is the sole purpose.

Removing monetary gain, this is Facebook or Twitter with a character length set by bandwidth. Seriously, this is not some miracle worker community of people changing the world single handedly as some wish to believe. It's a mechanism of economics that married social media and had a baby. Steemit is two years old and has the track record of a milk-drunk toddler. It is still finding its legs, for sure.

The two real reasons people come to earn money on Steemit:

1. That's the entire marketing pitch that you see when signing up...LOL
2. Everyone needs money

Don't be fooled by those who proclaim to be here for any other reason. Even those who bring money to the table here are absolutely expecting a return on investment. That is not to say that there are none who are genuinely here to provide support and to see this community grow and thrive. However, a large portion of the population are robots - owned by those who have invested - Steemit is naturally inflationary and it is no wonder why these people wish to vacuum the rewards = it is protecting their investment capital. Who doesn't like to keep the money they made, right?

We can't expect a utopia and accepting some level of inefficiency is necessary to achieve a 90% success. I'm not saying we flip the game board like a child, but rather seek a little more balance. That'll take a butt-load more honesty, in my opinion. Still too many people with unrealistic expectations.

We all make the experience here and I really appreciate you all who've made my time here more enjoyable than painful. I have to say that even the bumps and bruises I take here are worth the connections I have made. Money can't buy great friends and this platform has afforded me the opportunity to meet a few really incredible humans. Thanks for your support and sharing your thoughts, @digitaldan. I have mapped out this miniseries BUT I have my usual intensely long content still on the calendar 😆🍻