Oh my, this is so true. I am also careful when promoting to my friends and family as there are just too many noise out there about scams. However, I don’t consider Steemit as free, as we need to work our ass off to build up the asset and contents. It is real tough job if we are not an avid writer at the first place (like me). Now, some of my friends are aware about my presence on Steemit and observe how I am doing. Hopefully, they can take the initiative and open one account (since that only takes