Anyone who does not practice this desirable behaviour... is not a bad person. Nor are they a bad Steemian. They are just different from us. And that's okay

For power up, I believe it has been sorted out. This days most contest I’ve come across no longer make “clubs” compulsory. Whether you power up or not, they still upvote them. I only do power up because I just feel it’s the right thing to do and the only way to give back to the community.

These are annoyances for me, I don't like exclusion. I don't like dogmas... They do have an effect – on the desire to write

For a long time now, I’ve not participated in contest and I must say I feel happy writing whatever I like and I am glad, i have been getting some support. Before now, I use to feel the only way to be visible is by participating in contest. So, whenever I introduce someone, I always tell them to go for the contest and when their expectations are not met, they leave gradually. I just realize I’ve been advising them wrongly.