Great story of yours, especially when you mentioned @haejin. At some point Haejin is a steemit celebrity whether you like it or not. Ask any steemien if they know him and you already know the answer. I personally don’t approve of what he does, especially when it comes to curation rewards, which in some way means “ripping off everybody else”. He definately doesn’t get my tiny upvote. I got into steemit platform thanks to Gregory Mannarino. I followed him on YouTube for some time and sometimes in October he started talking about Steemit! I waited few more months, but in December I finaly joined steemit comunity. I’m definitely glad I made this decision. As you mentioned steemit has grown so much and with the upcoming SMT it’s going to grow even more.