I have to agree that there's plenty of anonymity to go around here, and a lot of it is toward the top of the SP mountain.

I'd say if the Ulogs give you hope, then stick with them.

I've found all of the people I've ran across so far on Steemit who are from Nigeria the Philippines or points in between to be quite nice to interact with, yet just like everyone else, no one person is the same as any other. That's why a prejudicial comment like, "All "fill in the blank" people are all "fill in the blank" is just false and should be treated as such.

I'm doing my best to ignore whales, just like they seem to ignore me. For the most part, I think it's working out. Probably doesn't help much but I think the only thing the rest of us can do is to continue to bring to light what's going on, look for ways to affect change, but find as much satisfaction out of what we personally have and what we can personally do, and live our lives.