RE: 🐍 Snakes In The Garden - Be Careful Who You Trust
I learned that lesson pretty early on in my arrival too. I confronted the person and they seemed completely oblivious that taking all of my work and making profits from it without sending any of it my way was a valid reason to be upset. I quickly learned that our ideas are not our own. We can only own our actions, and although I acted first, a leach can still try to get ahead.
My advice is to keep your cards close to your chest and when looking for support to pursue an idea, only reveal the most necessary details and do it behind the scenes before releasing anything on the blockchain. Everybody is out to get money, unfortunately not just support us.
I think better rewards for real non-bot engagement might incentivise people to be more supportive rather than just leach ideas to blog about.
Your advice in the last part of your reply is the most honest thing I have ever heard on steemit @beanz. People coming here pretending they're our friends but in reality they can do some serious damage to us. It's better to remain a little reserved on steemit. Everyone is here for money, that is the fact. Most of the WHALES I have encountered don't even reply to the comments. They just care about other people who provide benefits to them.
So, it's clear to keep your primary work reserved and keep yourself reserve too if you really want to grow here. and trust only those who respect your work :)