Over the last few weeks, the price of Steem has increased to around $1.15 at this time of writing.
I am sure that you already knew this, but if not it is nice to be reminded of this fact! However, the increase in value also brings more attention to the Steemit platform and places it under more scrutiny.
It is more important than ever to protect the future of Steemit, as we recognise that this platform has huge potential along with the affiliated Smart Media Tokens. It is our duty, on a decentralised platform to ensure that as a community we are providing the most useful content and promoting the most valuable contributors.
This platform is so vulnerable to exploitation at this early stage. We are used to seeing on a daily basis useless posts that are earning relatively huge amounts of steem. This is purely in hope of reciprocity. High value members of the platform are publishing low quality content yet still receiving praise and steem from community members hoping to receive a like in return! This is incredibly short term thinking and if it continues will undoubtedly lead to the failure of Steemit as a platform. This would be a huge shame.
I am overjoyed to see the quality and variety of contributors on Steemit. The posts by 
As users we have to accept responsibility for our actions as a community. These useless posts and spammy contributors will only trend if we allow it! Let's be responsible with our posts and likes and we will reap the rewards in the long term.
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