I'm in the "ride or die" category myself. From 2008 until late 2015, I had built a great following on Facebook for my blogs and books. Facebook began to drastically limit organic post outreach in late 2015 and it killed my sales almost overnight.

Thankfully in July of 2016 Steemit came to my rescue. I was one of the first writers on the platform and gained some pretty unbelievable success with poetry and releasing with my novel in installments.

Through thick and thin...cycles of elation and frustration, I've continued posting and will continue to do so unless it all goes down in flames.

Steem has incredible long term potential but the value of this platform is incredible even when the price of Steem/SBD is abysmal. In the last three years Steemit has allowed me to write full-time and build a network of friends worldwide. The platform was also my gateway into the world of cryptocurrency, which was the icing on a very awesome cake.