Great post, @steevc. I still have a lot to learn about Steemit (I think I´m still 100% ignorant). I came for two reasons, one of them money as you said (I´m from Venezuela, and you have said an absolut truth: maybe $ 30,50,100 or a little more may not be "that much" in many countries, but here it may be the difference from eating or not, or getting a medicine or not; sad but true. By the way, thanks for being aware of our situation. Not because we can still use internet, and play guitar -for example-, it means things are good here; actually, social etworks and music are just ways of escaping reality for some time); the other was the place itself: according to what I read, people can post what they like, can interact with many other people around the world, it´s better than twitter since you can post more without the character limitation, and , again, people can have some earnings from writing about anything they like, once they get some followers. I got interested because of it.
Have to check on eSteem and Steempeak.
Blockchains is chinesse to me -I don´t speak chinesse-.
So, I´m here to know people, with common interests, and to try to make some money, but being honest with what I post.
Good!