Well, Dave. You fooled me. As I was reading down I thought you were getting ready to announce that you were going to the dark side. And I was ready to mourn another good man that fell for 'money now is better than a home later' trap. I'm glad I was mistaken.
OTOH less than 2% of the votes on Steemit are bot votes. Granted it's a disproportionate amount of revenue, but it's not like everybody is doing it. I actually think the numbers are getting better for the white hats :) Slowly, yes, but I also think inexorably.
I also think that we are the early adopters. Many of those other guys were just stupid lucky with 'right place/right time'. We that are actively working it RIGHT NOW are going to be the ones that shape the future. So the reality is we'll get to ultimately answer that question.
Thanks for a wonderful post. I really do appreciate it.
haha.. no @bigtom13, I'm not a darksider :P ... I'm glad I kept your attention though :)
And yes I do very much agree with your point about us being the "early adopters"... that is something that gets lost on many so I'm glad you brought it up!
And I definitely think now is the time for us to continually step up, while everyone is down about the price drop, it is our chance to gain some serious ground... glad to have my fellow "white-hat" by my side ;)