I'm glad your Steemit adventure is off to a successful start, and here's wishing you much more success to come! I'm also in it for the long haul. Too many people look for immediate returns and instant gratification, then complain when their unrealistic expectations aren't met. There are no shortcuts for success; you have to be willing to put in a good deal of hard work, make and stick to a strategy over time, and eventually your efforts will pay off.

I for one am quite encouraged to see how active the founders are in making changes to the Steemit platform and willing to change directions when they see that one approach isn't working well enough. Steemit is still a young platform in the grand scheme of things, and now is the right time to experiment and continue to refine the system before we see another wave of explosive growth, which I'm sure we will at some point.