Hey, @meno.

It's sad that so many people have been duped into coming here with the thought that posts are paved with STEEM, to revamp a common cliché. It's borderline criminal, actually, how STEEM has been portrayed by these self-proclaimed STEEM evangelists. And the fact that their videos continue to be found on YouTube even after they've been called out on it is also a shame.

That said, people know better. What in life has ever been so easy. Yes, there were some pretty amazing payouts early on. But for as many of those that there may have been, there have been tens of thousands of payouts (if not more) at less than $1. Hardly a ratio worth touting.

And yet, STEEM is still the place you can come with no stake whatsoever and start building one. And, if you choose to (a wise decision), you can increase your stake through fiat after jumping through some hoops. So, even if it's some amount over dust that you're making, it's still more than virtually anywhere else.

So, back and forth we go in our attitudes and our thinking. Round and round we go—where we'll stop, nobody knows. But hopefully, it ends with more users, more dApps, SMTs, commerce on the blockchain, a vibrant digital global economy, plus whatever comes after that. And, oh yeah. STEEM to the moon.