'Everyone comes here to make money...' People who interact as a means of playing a kind of popularity game for profit - Wow, they pretty much peg the meter for fun and interesting people, don't they?

I'm sure you are right about there being a difference between Steem and Steemit, as you can see, I couldn't care less. Could it be that areas like art, spirit and communication are intrinsically diametrically opposed to being monetized and to the degree that they are monetized, it directly reduces their qualities of art, spirit and communication?

I kind of think this discussion is as futile as trying to convince a prostitute that relationships are better if they aren't based on monetary valuation.