Methinks it is "I want to eat my cake and have it" ...:) :) ... How one as an individual approaches Steemit is really dependent on the faith, or not, that they have in the concept as a long term viable product. Me personally I am taking the view that it will be around in the long term and my strategy is so... {friendly wave to @craig-grant} ... hence I am accumulating as much SP as I can, and trying to build a reputation and followers as I believe as the platform evolves these are going to be critical.