Thanks truthbeyondlies for your comment and i am delighted to be a part of the steemit community. It's funny that you mention how many of us have come to steemit to avoid such issues. Being that this network is somewhat profit motivated, it's going to be interesting to see what role nepotism and bandwagon politics plays as it's popularity and authorship grows in multitude. I imagine it could get quite aggressive indeed. Hmmm, Time will tell . . .