I guess I am one of the outliers, I came to Hive (steem), to read for free. I used to read a lot, my wife told me about steem and how there was a lot of books and stories to read.

I then got into the community aspects of it trying to help new users, then there was the big whoo-who-whaa, and Hive was born.

It was then I began in earnest to take note of the financial side of things, I kind of went backwards I guess, but change is what leads to growth, and if in looking back no change is noted then there was no real growth.