I have a lot of bloggers as friends, I've told them all about steem, a few were interested straight away, the others said they'd look at it. People are cautious.

About supporting minnows, yes, we do need support and encouragement. I'm finding that other minnows are quite supportive and thats lovely. Some are quite obviously looking for upvotes for their own work (and thats ok) but if you've worked hard on an article, or are posting questions in areas where experienced people should see them and theres no response from anyone, that does get disheartening. I've found myself looking for answers to other minnows questions because no one was responding, and I'm only a few days here myself...there are a few holes in the system and I hope the community, minnows to whales, can figure out how to remedy them.