Over 50%! Well it figures. Life pulled me away from Steemit soon after I got involved so it was a false start but I´m back.

I never got started in curation trails and all of that because it did not make sense to me although I empathized with some reasons for doing that.

It left a lot of questions. And that itch remained their until I cam back recently.

So I had to know Why this is considered a good thing, or necessary and I needed to see first hand so I got set up on Steem Auto just last week and commenced.

And I hated it. No personal presence with the actions that are being taken (yes, I knew that but I had not felt it yet- the void) so to me was neither satisfying or meaningful. For those who have experienced the value that is the steemit community, I think it is apparent- if souls are not participating / interacting, there isn´t much worthwhile value. This IS a community, no? This is the Big Thing that surprised me when I started. I was exploring income opportunity and crypto for the first time too, but I had no idea of the impact that a community of diverse strangers would have on me personally.

Of course bots are a dehumanizing force here. And this is a microcosm of what? Exactly. What if this is the resulting challenge that feel in our laps? A higher priority ahead of Steemit and the blockchain?

Or am I just catching perspective, that it has been fading away around us for decades.. that the unexpected attraction I found, resembles what is already too far gone- even almost forgotten, and I have never felt more sad than I do now.