Hi there,

Myself, I've been in crypto many years (mined BTC on graphics card) but only recently discovered, by accident, that I had a Steemit account. I googled something, clicked on an article, it brought me to Steemit, and then I noticed I was 'logged in' while on here. Before that, Steem was never on my radar.

So in my month on here what are my thoughts:

• I've considered buying/adding steempower, but have decided against it (for the moment). I've only seen the price go down. The ponzi aspect quickly came to mind. The circle-jerk aspect sucks. The social platform aspect is missing the 'social' aspect for the most part, most are here for making money and because it becomes all too easy to work out how the platform is 'gamed' (or how the game is played) you quickly realise your posts will be ignored unless your reputation is 60s or 70s.

So what's the point to hang around? Over time Steem will become more and more centralised in only a few hands.

That's not a community; so most walk away.

Investors aren't idiots, with only hope of riches to come, so they shy away.

I also think Steem may have an identity problem at the moment. How should an investor view Steem:
(A) is it the blockchain that supports a social platform - where writers, photographers, ordinary folk etc can come and socialise, blog, vlog, make friends, have fun. Is is the new alternative to FB, Twitter, reddit etc; or
(B) is it a high tech protocol, that other apps can build on top of. Is it the better alternative to ETH, EOS, Bitshares etc; or
(C) is it trying to be everything.

For those who (1) are in the know and (2) have somehow broken through the initial hard slog -> I'm sure they believe in the platform and how it will ultimately end up successful. For those looking in now - it is not what its cracked up to be.

Thanks for reading (if anyone does)
😕