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When I joined Steemit last November I was thrilled to have found a community of such bright and talented people. As I scrolled through my feed, it was one interesting post after another. There was articles on any number of topics, Art, Photography, you name it and if it was intellectually stimulating it was here. Immersing myself in this treasure trove of ideas, I began commenting and over time began to compile a list of people whose ideas I particularly enjoyed. For example 
There are others, that are still here that I enjoy, such as 
I had written an article that I was about to type in and post, but elected to look through my feed first- he had written something that caught my eye and looked really interesting. I decided to first do my post and then return to my feed to read his post... I couldn't find it.
As I scrolled through my feed it was one junk post after another. One guy posted pictures of women (don't get me wrong, I like women as much as anyone)- one playing tennis and her cleavage was showing. He posted picture after picture, all of a similar nature- one every 2 minutes or so. Ane, this wasn't isolated- it's just the one that sticks out in my memory... there were many more that were similar. I scrolled through one junk post after another (not one had any intellectual appeal) and not only did I not find
Is this what Steemit has become? What began as an intellectually stimulating platform for content creators has degenerated into a rubbish pit... A veritable sea of garbage unworthy of Twitter (and that's bad!). I have no doubt that content creators are still here- I stumble across one every once in a while, but their posts are buried in a mountain of worthless rubbish.
Here's what I fear will happen... The Whales will, of course, be fine. The junk merchants will upvote each other for pennies until their dreams of "Instant Riches" are dashed- then they'll go back to Fakebook. The guys in the middle- the content creators- will become discouraged, realizing that they can't make anything for all their hard work and they will leave... taking their money with them and Steemit will tank.
The only solution I can see is to put a limit on posts once again- a shame. There are people on here that come up with many quality posts every day, 
