For investors regardless of wallet size to see the potential behind this idea, and not the myopic stance built on just today.

This is what it's all about. This place is an incredible and unique experiment, although difficult to sift through sometimes to find the juicy posts. Steemit isn't dead, just malnourished. We need to feed it quality ingredients to sustain it :)

complaining about the $100 I'm going to make is a) useless and b) insensitive - so I'll flex some mental muscles and hold on to sincere gratitude.

I have been making silly cover videos and original music since I was twelve years old - when I got my first recording interface. Posting for free has just been a reality. Shit, free downloads for my stuff has always been my reality (who wants to pay for downloads? I'm old fashioned, I'll sell physicals). Now, thanks to the open mic (and curie being way too generous <3) I've actually made some dough from posting. It's still fucking insane to me. And being able to learn about blockchain + crypto along the way has been a trip.

I'm definitely here for the long haul, especially given that exciting things appear to be happening in development... slowly, but they appear to be happening now. There's not a huge reason to worry - if the price of Steem is low, just think of it as being on sale :)