Yup, I resteemed a 300 word fiction contest I might not enter to help people.

I hear you. I've got a "patron" of sorts, otherwise I'm not sure how much I would bother with this site. I do plan to write a long piece analyzing Steemit as a Game/System soon.

BTW, Moe is also on the server I invited you to. That's the sort of networking I like - talking to quality people, and if I upvote them, it's because I like their content, not because I feel obligated to. They certainly don't feel obligated to upvote my content, which is how things should be!

I'm just too experienced at gaming social network sites. I left quite a few because the game was everything, and like you, it's not where I derive my pleasure. Sometimes I do a bit of it because I judge a little can go a long way, but not gaming just to be gaming it, but because it also helps others and the system.