I've written 2 books, and gotten them published (They're available on Amazon) I've never made more than 2 or 3 Hundred dollars from them. So much work, so little recompense. I've spent hundreds and hundreds of hours editing video. My "Adsense" revenue is crap. I'm not here on Steemit for the money..... Too many are. I'm here on the principal of it. I don't necessarily want the Steem Dollars, but neither do I want my hard work to benefit Sundar Pichai (Google CEO,) or Zuckerberg. These are leeches. They manipulate to benefit themselves, rather than the Community. I don't want to support that. I want a place where I can share opinions, (IMHO LOL) a place where my work and effort doesn't support parasites. Rich guys here on Steemit, can't get anything from ME without a piece of the "Pie" coming my way. Beggars, and spammers are annoying, but really no consequence. My work isn't being stolen for their profit. Hang in there @richq11 We'll do OK together.