Steem basic income gave my friends and I hope when we were starting out. Whenever we accumulated a couple of Steem we bought SBI and gifted it to each other in hopes that when the Steem price increased we would all have some income from our investments. I continue to give it away to my friends and contest winners because I remain hopeful that the price will go up and they all will receive some nice votes when it does! It's my way of showing appreciation to the folks who have stuck around when Steem was pretty worthless!