for me the main drawing factor is not the money but the very important and fascinating experiment in how to monetize content and influence that is unfolding here. call me idealistic, but my experiences

You nailed it. But I would hope that rather than more crypto being available for purchase in fiat, the situation resolves itself by crypto of all kinds being more rapidly adopted for real world use, so

"the point of Steem is not just to make as much money as possible" - i would hope so too, I fear we're a very small minority here though!

When you are holding a biggish piece of the pie (and benefiting from it), it's not so easy always to consider how you might benefit from helping make the pie bigger. I only hold crumbs, but I think a bigger

hey bot. top of the morning to ya

thank you, i'll check it out

thank you, i'll check it out

I like, but selfishness is not the same thing as self-interest. All actions of all humans are motivated by self-interest all of the time. It is not possible for a creature that is only capable of perceiving

wouldn't paying one of them 'booster bots' accomplish the same thing quicker?