Thank you for encouraging us to remember why we are here: to do what we want.

I am beginning to form an opinion of some of the bots & whales around SteemIt - that they are trying to "control" SteemIt. I believe this is either out of a sense of fear, or vanity - but it could also be considered "wise guidance" in order to keep our Steem safe. This is somewhat of a conundrum for me.

I mean, I want what I want. I like the freedom to do what I choose to do. In fact, that is the only REAL power anyone has on SteemIt. This also means that other people on SteemIt, who have more Steem Power, are free to choose how they will do things - and I feel like they are trying, as best they can, to influence and persuade people with less Steem Power to act and behave in certain ways.

This does not, necessarily, mean that they are wiser or know more than the minnows on SteemIt. But, no doubt, a lot of them are wiser & do know more than the average minnow. I have run into some very soft "resistance," or rules, or guidance from one or two other Steemians on this platform. While I don't always like it, I do know one thing - that I know very little. So, for the time being, I'm just letting those "guiderails" do what they do, and doing my best to stay within them. I trust that there is a larger community of whales who have gone before me, know more than I do. So, I am happy to wait and observe, until I understand. That may take quite some time.

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