I see -- concerning the hundreds of accounts involved within a few real people -- that's quite the scam.

Yea you would just need to be able to pull them onto Steem -- I'm an artist, and I've found that it works better for me if I meet people where they want to be already. So, if people are comfortable on Patreon, they'll stay there. If people are comfortable on Kickstarter, they'll stay there.

It seems like I ought to design an erotic comic that is for ETH and STEEM, and then serve people in those spheres and derive fans that way -- from an existing pool of people who have already drank the kool-aid.

It's very difficult to get people to change platforms.

I don't understand why a person would negate a clear offer for a financial incentive within a social media platform, while still participating within a platform that is familiar to them, but is purely extractive.

Or, when I tell people "Patreon is the most affordable way for you to regularly access my content" -- and it's true -- some people would rather still pay via Kickstarter -- cause it's only a 1 month commitment, even though it's 2x or even 3x more expensive.

And likewise, People who hold ETH or Steemians, are not likely to become my patrons. But, if I found an effective way to monetize within STEEM, it would probably work out well for everyone involved.

It seems resistant to change to me -- but I've got a more liberal / exploratory disposition than the majority of people I've met. Which I think you could say about a lot of the people in the cryptocurrency space, as well as a lot of self-employed artists.

Steemit seems like a good onboarding point for ETH, and maybe other projects, though I have mostly just been learning about ETH and STEEM, and some of their respective ecosystem components.

Hopefully Steemians understand that the balance between Liberty and Tyranny involves rejecting people who claim their liberty by abusing others.

You kind of have to take some of that 'far right fear' stuff with a grain of salt -- in my experience.

Progressive left leaning hippies think that Joe Rogan is the antichrist.

Which I think is stupid.

But, I could see how racist and xenophobic posts would taint the public image of steemit. Hopefully people flag those when they come up, and blacklist the people making them.