I would wholeheartedly agree with you that steem, or at least the concept behind it, is a step up from Facebook, et al. This is mainly because I place high value on decentralization, crowd sourcing, spontaneous order, and the free exchange of ideas. I also did not intend to rag on anyone's creative products, but rather to point out that we can't all be rockstar artists, and some on here could stand to reflect on humility. I just think that the monetization aspect should not be the primary focus here. I was thinking last night however that the issue may sort itself out. The problem steem has been having with user retention may not actually be a problem, but rather the phenomenon of people coming here for the wrong reasons, and subsequently leaving after they realized that they came here for the wrong reasons. Only time will tell if this kind of attrition is taking place and what effect it will have on the community.

I also think that if I'm going to swipe-type posts from my mobile device, that I should probably take the time to proof read them before I tap that post button. ;)