So we just came in second! Steem lost the first position to INS coin in the last few hours. The last day was crazy.... We took the lead and then last it to Verge(XVG). We then again took the lead but to only loose it to INS in the last few hours.
Now we can either bitch and moan about it or we can do something solid and meaningful. Steemians did their part and promoted the contest like crazy.... my feed was inundated with posts campaigning for Steem.
As the winner of second place we have some major discounts on getting listed on Netcoins. For exact details read this post by 
The gist of it is that we get a discount of 25% on the listing fee. So, earlier we needed 30,000 USD to get listed, now we would only need 22,500 USD.
This is a cost that we as a community can bear...... I am not asking anybody to pay or donate money to Steem inc. What I am saying is that if we decide to get listed, then we can all share in the responsibility in proportion to the condition of our wallets.