It's like a new gold rush, right?

There's been quite a bit of discussion about new folks coming in with impossible to obtain expectations. That's really sad, because the potential for making money, as you point out, is only part of the Steemit experience.

I'm here because of a friend, but he didn't sell me illusions. He told me how it would be, and that's been very helpful. Maybe new users could benefit from such an orientation like I did, and the ones you gave your friends.

Still, there's plenty of helpful reading material on the Welcome page, but unfortunately, people seem to skip that. Kind of funny that people don't read what's here while they've come to use the site hoping others will read what they write and shower them with upvotes.

It's really too bad, because while the Welcome page isn't exactly for setting expectations, it does serve to temper them anyway.

I guess there will always be people with a get-rich-quick mentality. That's why those schemes work. Someone wants to believe it's true, when time and hard work are really the only consistent and true means for success.

Thanks for posting this.