Prior to joining steemit I had a healthy distrust. It included social media, cryptocurrency, alternative news, {forget MSM}, talk of aliens, flat earth, space wars, reptilians eating baby parts, and a host of information that I had no capacity to decipher. The only reason for joining Steemit was to avoid not being able to get unadulterated opinions without censor. Yes there was the financial aspect, but the ability to socially discourse was monumental. Here I am, maybe six months later. A new person. A voice. A thread in the fabric of humanity. I cannot quantify the value that Steemit has given me as a person. A human. A part of something bigger than I could have imagined without it. Thank you Steemit and the entire community. One thread gone and the whole blanket frays. Be blessed and be well.