Okay, so this article may get a little bit (or a lot) of hate from all the people interested in cryptocurrency who try to predict the prices or who try to tell you when (not if) Bitcoin will fall, when their favorite cryptocurrency will go up and why you should stop believing everyone else and trust them.
I stopped paying attention to all the people talking about those topics a while ago when I realized that most of them are subjective, not objective. If you're not familiar with those terms, subjective means that a person says something based on his emotions and opinions, while objective means a person says something based on real facts and known truths.
For example, if I would say that the value of Steem is at around $1 at the present moment, I would be objective, because if you check the price today, 9/20/2017 you'll see that the price of Steem is, indeed, around $1.09.
However, if I would say "I believe Steem is a really bad choice and it will get destroyed pretty soon because of all the better cryptocurrencies out there that do a better job at helping society", that's not even near objective. That's subjective. The reason? I
have no real proof.
And before the haters of Steem from all around the world start giving me their opinion, here's an interesting theory that you may want to think about a little before trying to show me your point of view.
If you meet a religious man that believes in God and thinks He's the creator of the universe, no matter what you say and no matter what proof you may give him, he may not change his mind. Why? Because he'll always find a reason to reinforce his belief and find facts that will act in his favor.
Even if you prove to him scientifically that God does not exist and our existence is, indeed, random, he will still find facts that will make him believe God is real. It's not that he's stupid or that he doesn't know how to act based on science. He just believes what he wants to believe.
Some of you may consider that religious man to be stupid, but if you think about it, we all believe what we want to believe. I believe there's a creator because I choose so, and I can always find proof to prove it. You believe there isn't a God and you can always find proof to prove your point. No matter the case (creator or no creator), both of us can be wrong and right, because we want our beliefs to be true, and we find the facts to prove it no matter the case.
It's exactly what happens with cryptocurrencies all around the world. People would love to believe that the coins they love will be big and the ones they don't care about will be destroyed very soon.
For example, here's a video 
You don't have to watch the entire video if you don't want to, that's okay. What I want you to do is to go to the comment section and read most of the comments you see.
Some people agree with Jerry while some completely disagree. The thing I want you to notice is that most of those who hate steem don't have a real reason to believe Steem is really bad. They just say it is because they hold other cryptocurrencies and they want to believe their choice is better.
They just hate Steem for the sake of doing it or, better said, because they found all the reasons they needed to hate it. It doesn't matter that Steemit has a huge following and that people do their best to post something every day. It doesn't matter the activity of this website is huge and it's already on the top 2000 websites in the world.
What matters is that they found all the reasons they needed to believe that Steem will go down, and no matter what you say, you can't really change their mind.
It works the same with every cryptocurrency out there. Go search "bitcoin will fall" or "steem will fall" or any other cryptocurrency followed by "will fall" and you will find tons of articles and videos talking about why a certain coin will go down and will completely crash.
That's why I choose to not believe every person out there when they try to predict what happens, because almost no one is objective - not even me. I like Jerry and I like watching his videos, the main reason being that I believe Steem is great and I want it to go up.
My dream of buying a great computer has higher chances of becoming reality if the price of Steem will go to $10, so hell yes, I want to believe it's gonna go up. Are there are lot of reasons why that won't happen soon (or ever) that I completely ignore just because I don't believe in them?
Of course there are, and I'm sure some of them are really good. But I don't want to see them because I believe in Steem and in this website. The funny thing is that even if I see all those reasons, I probably won't change my mind.
The difference between me and a lot of people out there is that I'm not telling you what to do based on the reasons I found and on the information I believe to be true. I know I am subjective when it comes to Steem and Steemit, I know maybe Jerry is subjective as well, and that's why I don't completely trust everything and everyone.
I'll give you another example from my own personal life and this will resonate a lot with you if you know anything about computers. We all know about the latest AMD product, the Ryzen CPU, and we all know that no matter the hate or the love around it, it's good.
We can't deny that. Intel is still better when it comes to games, but if we talk about productivity, AMD comes really close, sometimes even beating Intel, and at a smaller price.
Are there a lot of reasons to buy Intel over AMD? YES. Are there are lot of reasons why Ryzen is not as good, and you should not buy one? YES. Do I want to believe any of those reasons? NOPE.
I am not a fan of Intel or AMD. On this computer I have an old Intel CPU and it still works despite being around 9 years old. It still helps me do the things I need and I love it for that.
But I want to believe that all those cores from the Ryzen CPU will help me do everything I want and better than an Intel CPU. I just think that a Ryzen CPU will be suitable for me, and that's why I'm gonna buy one.
Am I subjective? Of course I am, because I don't pay a lot of attention to the reasons why I shouldn't buy that CPU, and I look at the reasons why I should. It's because I want that CPU.
And it works the same way with cryptocurrency. It doesn't matter if you check all the information available and it doesn't matter if you see all the reasons why Steem will grow or crash. You will do your best to use logic and make yourself believe what you want.
Not always, just most of the time. And the same thing applies to people who talk about any cryptocurrency out there. That's why I chose to stop listening to them and try to find my own information and to take action that way.
Will the price of Steem go up? I believe so. Am I 100% right? No, and you shouldn't trust me completely just because I say something you like to hear. Do your own research, find the details you need and make your mind based on all that. It's the best way to make sure you make the right choice.