I disagree with you on this, there are many goals you can achieve here on Steemit. If you feel saddening about the 70% that has its only goal to earn money, be aware that a big chunk of that 70% is in desperate need of money. Keep in mind that there are many poor world countries that participate here on the platform, to them, 0,01 cent is -a lot of money-, also if you are truly saddened by it, or jealous, you can contribute by showing how you would like to use the platform and use your own power and knowledge to tutor in a decent and positive way.

I am starting my 2nd month here on Steemit, and the platform has been generous to me, yet in the 'fiat' world, I would earn 10x as much if I would put the same effort in it. Yet I tend to draw my attention to a platform that is based on giving and contributing instead of taking and scamming. I am a beginner, and I would like to point out that the 'whales' (people (thank you very much) who put in a lot of effort or just have the bank capacity to invest into this platform) do pay attention to newcomers, click on my profile and see for yourself.

My first personal thoughts what made me think that Steemit could be interesting for me, were to publish my work on a platform that would value my work in percentages, not desperately in FIAT money or SBD. Like I said before: 0,01 SBD can be -a lot- of money depending on where you are from. This way I could see the reality how people would rate my work. Most of my work is underrated, but that is ego and greed. If you forget all about the money and earnings, you will have a flat layed-out base of how many -people- are interested in your work. My thoughts changed after 1 month of "hard work" that I have put into my posts. I have many skills and talents that I normally charge money for. With the same knowledge offered for free, I can contribute to this still -very young platform and hopefully level with the platform, instead of leeching from the platform and reward pools.

In this case, I have up-voted your comment to see if you are just here for the money or are actually willing to contribute to the platform. I'd love to hear your thoughts about this opinion.