> we just don't know what our story is and why anyone should care

<3 

> Your Voice is Worth Something

The worst marketing ever

> We don't have censorship

Noooo... We have downvoting and "not-upvoting"

What should be done...

Pay for something that is actually funny and interesting: pro youtubers, instagram, travel...

And actually worth reading: science, photography, wildlife...

Otherwise, we are hodling sh-coins used to generate more sh-coins

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https://www.weusecoins.com/what-is-steem/

Lost of Direction as Time Past...
* The Creators doesn't Knows what to do with it!
* The Original Ideas have Lost...

Flagged for aggrandizement 😉

Person 1: Steem. It rises to the top.

Person 2: Doesn't that mean that it's vapor?

Person 1: Shut up, Meg.

I think that one of the best things for steem is versatility and shapelessness... As Bruce Lee said:
>Be water my friend, be water.

Youtubers can be youtubers/dtubers here
twitter people can be twitter people 
bloggers can be bloggers even use steempress 
instagram - well we have lots of people doing exactly these one photo posts. 

Now, the thing we are missing is communication and interaction between different levels of users (you know minnows, orcas, dolphins, whales - Kudos for exceptions and curation groups).

Also... steem needs consumerism, here everyone wants to be creator, but there is no need for most of the content out there - yes, we are young and in development but these are some problems that we face. 

Have no idea what that was about, but like it matters. :)
Cheers

### you steem
### me steem
### we steem

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Another post about what STEEM is not about...

Are you still trying to figuring out, why you are here in the first place?

It's like Facebook only with a ponzi scheme setup where you have a chance to get very very rich if the platform really takes off and becomes the next big hit.

Steem is a functioning blockchain and a platform for anyone to build anything. The story is for anyone with passion  to write

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What I fear:

Steem is not a problem. But a solution looking for one.

As for me though, I'm riding this all the way be it up or down.

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It's funny and sad at the same time - your recent blogs all hit the nail on the head.

I think due to the blockchain working quite well as basic dPos chain, it's still (just barely) in the top 50, but since nobody really knows what Steem actually is - we're not making much progress in ranks.

And honestly, I don't have the answers to that question right now. #whatthehellarewe 

I guess we'll find out in 2019 *or we're doomed* ..<sup>maybe</sup>

I think it can be whatever we make it to be given its flexibility.  I can track my steps here and get rewarded or play a good trading card game and enjoy and win more cards.  Opportunities are limitless if we provide a decentralized solutions to not rely on any one organization.

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@whatsup,
In future addtion to what you said, STEEM will be a blockchain which facilitate to build more tokens top of it! 
Finally STEEM is the blockchain which can help us to have a good life without having a job! (Talking about the future)

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I'm thinking that steem is just the blockchain, the power source that things plug into. Maybe the question should be what is the dapp you're using? At some point in the future, if all goes well, it won't be Steem that they talk about it will be the dapp.
"Are you on Partiko?" or "are you on SteemMonsters?" 

I guess Steem would also be a crypto currency... now you've got me thinking too, darn it!! Would you stop it?!

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Finally find a problem that goes with the solution, you mean?

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