Financial is not remotely the only reason I've been here. If it was, I'd already be long gone. Most of the other reasons have been rendered moot. Financial is one of only couple left. The other reasons can be much better served elsewhere. I would be wary of jumping on a quip and assuming volumes. When I do it, I usually don't come out looking very good. Some of my favorite people have already been driven away from here. I think it's funny how smooth thinks that flagging people's hard work is going to help attract a large user base. It's hilarious. Predictable for someone whose blog looks like an empty parking lot. He says curation is more important than content, but without content there would be no purpose at all for curation. Here is the reference.
https://steemit.com/knowledge/@krnel/is-this-quality-knowledge-i-put-out-not-helpful-to-steemit-flagged-for-quality-getting-rewarded#@smooth/re-lifeworship-re-the-ego-is-you-re-lifeworship-re-krnel-is-this-quality-knowledge-i-put-out-not-helpful-to-steemit-flagged-for-quality-getting-rewarded-20170115t220116000z

I will continue to try to benefit the, approximately, two dozen people who seem to think my content is of value. I won't be able to spend as much time on here as I'd like, because time is still money, to some extent, and I'm not independently wealthy, and entitled, like some. Don't fret, though, if the most powerful people on Steemit only log in to sh*t on people, it won't be around long.