The future of Steemit is in the community, more specifically, the new community members. We must all work together to make this into what we know it can and will be, which I believe one day will be a community of at least a 1 billion users. I know as content creators it's of utmost importance to educate new community members not only on the ins and outs of Steemit through tutorials, b/c there's quite a lot to learn, but also to spread the wealth, no matter how small that amount is through curation. I remember getting just a cent or two on an upvote, and being excited as hell about it in the beginning b/c it offers validation and also plants the seed in the mind that, hey this is real. Making the time to check out new community members who've commented and expanding your daily range of people 's blogs you frequent is important, and it's a great topic you brought up. Expanding the community really is everything. Great post as always brother. Have a happy and safe 4th of July!