Communities, not RC pools, remember that! Damn it! Communities is a much softer, gentler way to being ripped off...so soft and gentle you may not even notice or it may even go over your head. You can even set up your community (or it sounds like you can do it that way) as a form of protectionism, you'll never have to worry about being flagged if you are a member of the APPIC AP....but, wait for it....that protection comes with a price, as how APPIC works is the steem is funneled to them and they give you a "cut", at least that how they operate now. Don't worry though you'll still earn an APX token, which when I looked about a month ago was worth absolutely zilch on Steem-engine....APPIC was a failed ap on Dan's blockchain he formed after leaving Steemit. They were suppose to be the blockchain's answer to Instagram...now they are on here raking in rewards by posting pics as simple as some woman posing with a Hi by her name, some making as high as five bucks for that effortless effort. One just has to look at the Soldier account to see how they are raking the rewards pool one picture at a time...lol.

Things like this....and remember in the article it stated something along the lines don't brother crying over it as it's the way it's going to be...is what ultimately will sink the platform to it's demise.