Our story with Kat has been going on for more than 4 years, we are best friends, almost like sisters, so if you met her, then acquaintance with me was just a matter of time. This is a long and not always simple story, maybe we'll ever talk about it =)
I believe that the prospect for a long life, this platform has only this:
- Due to plunder the people who invest money in the project (ie, buying STEEM, SBD STEEM POWER), and not receiving any return for it.
- The second option (for me it is more pleasant) - is the maintenance of life by bringing in an outside investor who will invest money without expecting a direct financial return, for example, advertisers that will pay real money for placement of their advertising banners (by the principle, which now operates youtube). In this case, the author of the post should have the right to refuse to display an advertising banner under (or above) his post, but in this case, payment for his post should be significantly reduced. The matter is that money can not appear on an equal place simply so from nowhere. To make them appear, someone must pay. It is better to let those who will do it with pleasure and at the same time, achieve their goals (attracting new customers) than simply rob people.
I even guess who will be the main customer of advertising here: various crypto-currency exchanges and other crypto-currency services.
I'd just like to say your post was accurate and summed up alot how I feel. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it as well. I missed the payout so now I can't resteem but I would if it let me. When I think about Steemit I think that almost no one can blog and make a living from it. Steemit doesn't solve that problem but it rewards people a little as compensation. Like all things in the world you need money to make money, or be extremely lucky. Most people are not rich or this lucky but compared to other options Steemit is still better. Many people, me included, expect to earn lot's of money from Steemit when joining but it's not possible for people to do this as if everyone makes big money there wouldn't be enough to give out. So Steemit is no different to real life, only the rich whales make big money and the regular people make penny's but when you think about it this is the case for everything.
You are absolutely right, even nothing to add