1. We are the first cannabis focused Steemit onboarding portal & brand, with very ambitious plans to grow the Steem community.

People have posted content in the #marijuana and #cannabis hashtags, but with #KushSmokers we are going to up the bar and start an entire brand that operates as a on-boarding portal for Steem, whether the user is going to be using Zappl, SteepShot, ChainBB or just Steemit is of no concern to us, as our main goal is to spread the love, and recruit the next generation of Steemian workers. (We're Gen 1, duh!) With that being said there isn't enough time in the day to explain all of the plans and ideas that are on the table, but one day I hope we will be able to say, hey look, we built that and hopefully we can create a community within a community here, whether that means we all check www.kushsmokers.com for the latest cannabis content is still being decided, when the new UX and UI for Steemit.com goes live, those choices can be made. Beyond that we hope to facilitate quality content creation, recruit solid authors and empower them to be successful! We will also get a Streemian trail set up so we can all follow @kushsmokers and never miss upvoting another good new author again!

2. We are all skilled, longtime users of Steem, and those that aren't or that are new recruits will be brought up to speed, which is the first goal.

Now you may be thinking, why do we need thousands of new noobs? And that is the mainn thing this project is NOT, each author that is posted on @kushsmokers account will be vetted, interviewed and brought on board to the 'Steemit KushSmokers DAO'. After this point authors are educated on Steem by @Decentralizd, at which time any questions, concerns or misunderstandings can be cleared up. I have already educated hundreds of people on Steem, and Bitcoin and I have a very good sense and game plan for getting people up to speed and giving them the knowledge to make an impact on Steem.

3. #KushSmokers is also a grass roots movement, after building the #cannabis community here within Steem, we plan to mobilize it.

Not only is KushSmokers going to be a brand and on-boarding portal, it will also double as a grass roots movement for cannabis legalization around the world. The money we raise from the 25% of our authors is not just for show, this money and influence can be used around the entire world to help forward progress on legalization, decriminalization, and above all else, acceptance of this new world we live in and are sprinting towards. Imagine the power of a grassroots movement that cannot be silenced, due to the nature of the Steem Blockchain, now that is one powerful tool.

4. We are creating a blue print on how to kick start niche's within the Steem community, to help combat the massive circle jerk that is the trending page. Soon you can copy us!

Not only are we creating a concept for on-boarding cannabis users onto Steem, we are also creating a blueprint on how to do this. We hope doing this will help other areas such as sports, real time news, video-gaming and so on. Once www.kushsmokers.com is live and ready you will find a portal FILLED with content from Steemit, this exact layout, design and concept can be duplicated to focus on any niche, all you need is a backbone, some work ethic, and a supporting cast to kick start everything!

5. Even if you don't like or use #marijuana, simple upvotes and comments are still great methods to help grow the Steem community and welcome our new authors! We're all inclusive!

To take it back to point 4, we are doing this not only for cannabis enthusiasts to have a better community on Steem, but also to educate everyone around us on the possibilities Steem offers. For the last year most of us have logged into Steem atleast once a day or so, but what have WE brought to the table to help Steem grow? This is my version of trying to give back to the Steem community by using the skills I have developed over a lifetime, what can you do for Steem today?

Bonus reason: Most if not all of the money raised on the #KushSmokers account will go to pay authors who write for us and to create custom, high quality, Steem branded and exclusive video content!