I guess it is a necessary evil as steemit grows - I like dragonslayer who helped me get on the map but then I saw that others don't like "him" because they "fear" he is doing it for his own benefit - which I did not think was true - but I guess paying for your own promotion is a responsible way to deal with not getting lost in the shuffle - I just tried it $1 steem dollar - I am cheap with promotion so I jsut want to try it - see if I like it...