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Oh, no, I'm deadly serious. World of Warcraft has been trading it's in-game gold for special weapons and other things for a long time. Now that we have a community, the only thing to spend your steem on, shouldn't be just cashing out. The Sims Online, gave its founders a "founder icon" that people treasured. Virtual in-game (or in-steem rewards) by either earning it, or buying it, should be key here.

All of these things were bought and sold on eBay until eBay kept modifying it's ToS. This idea does have merit.

Anyone that has played a role playing game before, will often see you spend your gold pieces for equipment upgrades, better weapons, and other special features. It is this concept that we could factor into steem.

Fine, but 75 STEEM for Twitter notifications? That's, like, $100.

And charging people to change their avatar? Yeah, that will go over well. Granted, Steemit is not like most social networks, but if you charge $100 for things that other social networks provide for free, the only headline you'll be getting is this:

MASS EXODUS

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