Ah, I'm glad I'm not the only one who "followed the world" upon joining, and now has a extremely (difficult) feed to think about sifting through.

Thank you for this article. I came to Steemit because a friend of mine told me I could make money through writing various things, but a lot of the reason I fell in love with the site was the community aspect.

It promotes positivity, which is something we need as a human race.