I am new here, I know it, I feel it when I read about how someone has struggled and evolved within this network to blossom into a new perspective.
I could feel that reading this post, and also how the author had a glance of the future, not with her sight, but with that sense that sometimes I recognize in other people.
About the rest of the post, the spam and such, well, as always, we have to protect our freedom.
I'm with you all. I have a boring FB and Twitter accounts but those never really captured my imagination like Steemit did. I must admit that at first, my interest was piqued by the promise of monetary rewards for my posts, but the more I delved into it, the more I enjoyed the whole package and I was hooked. Interesting and valuable articles like this are what keeps me coming for more. The money is a good perk, but it has taken a back seat to everything else here. I intend to leave whatever is in my wallet for as long as possible. Right now it's not much, but amazingly, it keeps growing...tiny increments here and there, even when days go by without my posting anything. This is definitely something worth fighting for.
wise man said once : "don't chase the money. He will find you"