respect the whales
Overview
I was struck today while having a conversation with one of the respected whales of this community when he told me that he invested in this platform when most people where running away as steem price was just about 8 cents!!!
I was speechless for a while because I didn't have this type of understanding before. Obviously whatever you are seeing today in this community, there are people who suffered and laboured for it. Most of those people fall under what you now call whales.
Steemit Has Not Always Been This Attractive
Imagine when this platform just started and price was nosediving and a lot of people were not informed about cryptocurrency. Picture what this place would have been like then? If you consider that not minding the aforementioned challenges, some people were still maintaining servers to run the blockchain at a cost, then you will agree with me that such people deserves to be accorded some respect.
People were still witnesses, running servers over a platform that they didn't really know how it would end up. Being a blogger myself, I know the cost of some of these equipment and or services so I understand the sacrifices.
If you consider all these, you will appreciate the whales of this platform especially those who have been here for along time, investing in and promoting this platform to the point of mass adoption.
Implication
When next you accuse a whale of earning too much on a post, pause and think again! These ladies and gentlemen has indeed laboured to keep this place moving till we met it and deserve every damn thing you think they are enjoying today.
If they were frustrated like many of the minnows of today who are not earning as much as they want, they probably would have abandoned this platform long time ago and We probably would not have met this place the way it is now.
Expectation
Respect the whales not because you need favour from them or you fear flagging!!! Respect the whales because they truly deserve whatever is the fringe benefit you think they are enjoying today. They deserve the respect. They earned that respect. Give it to them.
Finally
Be patient and keep doing what you do well. Some day, someone else will appreciate you for the labour of love you are putting in today.
Thank you for reading.
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