I think as crypto (though BTC started 10 years ago) has only recently became an attraction (especially for proof of Stake) the concept of blogging in either Steemit or Reddit or any other social network platform is the same. In order to be seen much work needs to be done and money is never the best driven entity although it does help a lot.

Every writer, artist: a.k.a content creator even on YouTube platform requires a great amount of exposure and participation, and I applaud you that you found the steem engine and qurator (as examples) to commune with people even though they are miles away.

In #teammalaysia, we do struggle. We pushed through more than a year and even when times are hard and most of the members have dropped off due to mostly money driven (because of the write and earn hype), and now there are still a handful of us who still work hard and push harder to not only just making this as an income generator, we pushed forward to make Steem practical and usable; and we did pretty well up till now. Read what me and my "extended family" have managed to pull through the whole year through the adoption of Decentralised Sustainable EcoSystem exercise and even though we have traded less we still kept going, and now expanding to another platform similar to this.

I hope the post link will inspire you that despite of the bearish environment, we can still work hard onward and upward with the right attitude and mindset, and yes no doubt much time has been greatly invested on it, even if one day Steemit Inc closes shop but the friends you get to know across the world could be one experience of a lifetime.

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