I'm saving this to read it again, and am resteeming it. Thanks to @walkerland for resteeming it in the first place. I agree it's become far much more than a place to earn money for your posts (this initial selling point is what brought me here, but like for many, isn't what keeps me here). It's the HEART that keeps me here. I've talked about Steemit on Facebook about three times and had no bites or interest UNTIL I shared my little promo video for Natural Medicine (if you're interested, check it out here - it's about 2.5 minutes long and you might smile) and promoting the beating community heart that is very much @naturalmedicine. Sure, many of us are thrilled when we get a whale vote or earn a lot on a post, but what it's become over the last few months is a place to ask for help, to get support, to throw ideas about (without censorship), to be human. I don't see those members going anywhere in a hurry. I worry about new members - three of my facebook friends decided to sign up and are still waiting for accounts and I feel I haven't been entirely honest with them about the rest of STeemit - but how do I even begin to do that? I think one of it's great selling points IS the community here, the connections we make, the support we give, and the creativity that is encouraged and supported. Like me, so many people have come out of their shells here, realising they have far more worth than they originally thought. That's just bloody beautiful to see. I'd love to see SMTs be used for natural medicine in some way, but have no idea where to start really - at the moment, I'm just a facilitator trying to bring people together without censorship and with a whole lot of fucking love and maybe if there's some financial reward for that too, all the better.