Many many thanks for the shout out and compliments. My post was mostly in reaction to the type of posts I see on the trending page, but I also know that many or even most readers are seeking unusual and enlightening content that they can engage with. Cyberspace is always a sort of shouting out into the dark, so it's great to get feedback and responses to my post. I think Steemit has many problems to overcome, but generally the idea of earning directly for blogging is very appealing. Bots have invaded the process and completely skew the results. The community is still small enough that after some time, I start to feel like I can map the contours of the place, that I understand its boundaries.

Anyway that's a quite disjointed and spaced out response to your post on this lazy Sunday ... its freezing cold in Prague so I just stayed in. I cant wait for winter to end at this point. Again many thanks for your response to and promotion of my post.