Great post and I must commend your bravery on this. It can be a touchy subject and people might take it the wrong way.

Hive is a reflection of society and patronage is almost akin to giving out scholarships to your alma mater. You who have done well in Hive paying it forward to new people joining and hopefully they will pay it forward as well. That's the optimistic thinking, but like in real life, some will take advantage. That's just human nature I suppose.

Also, I gotta agree with johnhtims on reading the article but not commenting. Commenting has to be meaningful and not just "Good post".....