*''We are doing more than any blockchain I know of to help users have a chance to earn'' --> Using 'we' instead of 'i' shows that you know what you're doing and you try to hide behind those who you work with or your team. So, you're not assuming full responsability for the direction of the influence you have on other people. And again you talk about earning in the very first phrase, which clearly shows you don't give a penny on content and that you're mainly and most probably solely preoccupied just about the cash.
*''Writing a comment based on the assumptions that what we are doing is not good enough is easy and usually comes from a place of feeling not good enough ourselves'' ---> Yes i have feelings of anger and frustration that people abuse the platform and thus abuse its users by for their own personal gain. Again this is a community and by definition is not to redirect efforts and sustain a growing thirst for money by exploiting loopholes and people. For that we have the governments which are crippling the countries they are governing. The Steemit Community doesn't need that. And there is no assumption i am making here, and i can backup every single word that i wrote with videos and posts from your Youtube channel and your Steemit blog. Yes you are doing that way and the videos and 'content' is there to show that.
*''Figuring out systems that work to help more of us discover Steem tends to be more challenging'' --> Of course it is challenging. Governments loose their status quo once crypto is widely adopted and thus eventually will cease to exist (hopefully) and allow people to coexist in a healthy ecosystem without being governed and thus enslaved; also Fb of course it's scared like hell and thus making it difficult. They will loose monopoly over user's data and the users themselves with all the crappy policies they have. Again, like governments, they want to maintain their status quo, and thus to be the main actors on stage to make the big money. But we (the people) are more than numbers and revenue. We want to express, feel and live. And we want to be heard and understood and appreciated. That's what Steemit is about or should be about (but not really anymore now hence people use it for revenue mainly and only).
*''Yes what I do is not perfectly unselfish and nothing anyone else does is either'' -->I sense here some politician type of speaking.. Let me see if i get it: what you do is not perfectly unselfish. So what you do then is not totally selfish. You are on the right path to achieve that, but it's not perfect yet. Am i right? Cause let me tell you, you can't be gray on it. You are selfish or not. Even if you take the bigger piece but you give something to others, you are still being selfish for taking the bigger chunk in the first place. If you are a man, then you share it honestly equal between everyone. So you are selfish in what you do. You can choose to be honest man, instead of trying to hide behind the words. That would show a man's character.
*'' Your comment has the same built in problems as does my system for promoting Steem'' -> My comment may have spelling problems or similar as i am not native english speaker, and i'll admit that. Yet my comment has a built-in intention to raise a flag and bring awareness that something is wrong, and to ask people to take action. On the other hand, you Made a System that allows you to exploit some things that this platform provided in order to make rivers-flowing cash. As my intention is focused on groups and community your intention/your system's purpose is focused on you as individual. How can you even compare that between them as if they are similar or identical things but with different implementation? It's actually a mock brought up to the platform even saying that. That is a shame my friend.
*''My hope is that Steem will help us learn a better balance of service and selfishness'' ----> Those values are learned in life my friend by living and interacting with people. Also these are values passed over from parents as core values. Yes you can watch videos about empathy, generosity and care, but only going out and acting like that teaches you how to actually be like that. Steem can not teach you that. At best, it can raise your awareness about that. Therefore your hopes are misdirected here Jerry, and you try to find a type of meaning where is not the case. Same as how you want to make bunch of USDs on the back of Steemit but again, is not the case. Once more, Steemit is for content at its core.
*''What are you doing to promote Steem and build our community?'' --> Dear Jerry, i work as a nurse and by doing so i promote physical and psychological health. I really care about people that i meet when they'er vulnerable and at their worst in a hospital bed. Among this things, i talk to them about love relationships, and any other things they feel free to share. Many who wish for more creating freedom i directed them to look into steemit and see if that is what they want or need. To many of my friends i bring up about crypto where i include steemit 10/10 cases. I do that cause i feel it's too much that this governments, lobbyists, people with influence and so on are using their resources to mainly sustain themselves and bring nothing valuable to the area/community/society they are living in. It's just sick and it's sickening people both phisical and mental. I may not have so much power of influence or resources to reach as many people, but i do make sure that every single one that hears about crypto and steemit, are hearing and are directed on the right way, every day.
I know it is a long comment, but things have to be said as they are, as not many people seem to do that. I realise i may get flagged or something for speaking the things that bother the whales or for those who act and do in the wrong direction of what @steemit community was intended for. It's a risk i take for the things i believe in, and for the things that i understand are right and rightful for the people for the Community .