Maybe thats the good thing about me not posting that often. Its harder for me to wear out my welcome, or to become boring by being to familiar lol. This is a great comment that should have probably been a post because its good and you took a good chunk of time writing it!

Many of my favorite Steem posters are not the best writers. If I wanted the best writers I would go other places. I want unique perspectives and interesting thoughts more than I want a paper that would get an A in English class.

I also agree that the expectation to make money might have a decent amount to do with the way Steem is marketed. As you point out it is very easy to see the dynamics after a short time here, and I guess having the people who see $$$ signs come and go so quickly is probably a good thing. Then only the better people remain.

Read read read indeed. I should have mentioned that. I myself read much more posts than I comment on. Often times I read something and have nothing worthy to add even if I enjoyed it. There are also lots of posts that will give you insight into the platform and how to make it work for you. Or about how certain aspects of it work. Those posts will definitely help in navigating this experiment we are all taking part in.

Thanks for the comment, the resteem, and thank you for being a part of the experiment with us. You are appreciated FutureMind!