The thing about Steem Monsters is, it's a pretty good idea. They've got some smart looking cards (although, a bit generic and well worn—they could have come up with something a little more STEEM specific), and now they're farming out some major work for backstories on the characters to Steemians and paying what will end up being pennies on the dollar for it, and people are happily doing it because there's enough contest money available for it and because they want to show their creativity. It's being a part of a project that's greater than self.

According to the makers, they're hoping this will bring more people to the platform. Okay. I'd like to know who these people are? The 30-something year old people I see playing Magic, The Gathering during the middle of the day when others would be working to support a family? I don't know. Sometimes I feel I've already gone insane.

I don't know if it's possible to help everyone. I don't know how possible it is to prove who people are so we can have some self-assurance that the aid being sent is actually getting to a person in actual need. But I wouldn't mind seeing more of that and less of some of this other.