Thank you so much for this information; the fact that Bloomberg did an article on Steemit is huge! I've been off FB for some time, mostly due to its' negativity, but also to the privacy issues I have with it. I can't believe that there was 41 billion in revenue for them last year! It's nice to be on a platform where the revenue goes in the opposite direction for sure.

I really like Palurintano's comment, There are still many many technical issues, community-splitting conflicts, and a very steep learning curve...What can each of us do to make STEEM the best it can be?”

I am a part of @newbieresteemday, which was started by @davemccoy and @mudcat36, which began as a resteem initiative (obviously:), but morphed into a welcoming, supporting, and educating/mentoring community to help new and not-so-new folks with "the steep learning curve" here. The hope is that by building and creating a stronger younger foundation, they will in turn grow to do the same for other new people who join. Some of us have also created a @friendsofgondor curation trail to help with the "community-splitting conflicts". The "technical issues" are way out of my league however:)

Thank you again for your post @careywedler! Cheers :)