This contest asks the question, "What Steemit really means to you? Besides money of course!"
To answer this, I'll begin with what steemit does not mean to me.
Steemit is not just another computer-based net to capture attention for the sake of capturing attention.
Nor is it a place to abstract people into revenue streams and then farm these people like cattle.
Nor is it ... uhh ... whatever this thing is.
What steemit does look like to me is a place where humans and machines interact as part of a collective intelligence experiment...
...that uses social computation to ask and answer questions that were previously unapproachable...
...and sends a very clear message to social media sites that operate under the thumb of corporate regimes:
So that's what steemit looks like to me. But what does it mean ?
It means that I can communicate with people online in an environment that sort of reminds me of how cool the internet was in the 1990's.
It means that my writing - which has always been geared towards a small, smart audience - has a bunch of new eyes on it. And that I can find some of the best and most forward-thinking minds all gathering together in one virtual place. So it is a great opportunity for learning.
It also means that I can share my vaguely subversive art with people that actually appreciate it:
And so on.