Great thoughts. I think often about how non-English-speaking people are so disadvantaged on this platform. It's awful.

Sometimes I think that greedy whales and shitposters are just two sides of the same coin. The greed here seems to me like an unfortunate flow-on effect of the state of money out in the world. There's a lack mentality, either because people are scrabbling to get the basics, or because they live in expensive western countries and need to set themselves up, plus they still feel empty no matter how much they get. Plus they expect a return on their investment, which often seems to make people think very abstractly and thinly.

I don't mean to sound like a wet blanket. I think the communities are the beating heart of Steemit and will keep it going :)