Seeing crap post earn huge upvotes is disheartening; ugh! There are whales that are trying to up the quality of post by hosting contest. I hope the community will start appreciating post that deserve attention.

@telos, is right.

The big innovation is the monetary rewards for posting and curating.

I've made more money in 2 weeks on Steemit, than I have on Youtube in 12 years. With @steemit powering down, I do feel sketchy. Could be that they are raising capital for a project, but why wouldn't they inform us. I'll still debating whether or not to buy steem at the moment.