Oh, there's nothing wrong with wanting ROI. Well, except for you since you're openly a socialist, and ROI is capitalistic. :)

But maybe a better way of putting it is that there's short-term and long-term ROI. Sometimes it pays in the future to be altruistic and nice today. But Steemit is all about short-term ROI - and that short-term ROI often leads to dumping anyway.

And that short-term ROI chasing can create an environment that is off-putting for people who ultimately take their business elsewhere.