Yes, I don't over sell it to people. I actually give them a sober explanation.
Crypto is not about making money. There are times you can profit but that cannot be your primary motivation
HIVE is FREE to participate. YOU can make it into whatever you want it to be.
The major PLUS for the CAFELOCKEDOUT Tribe is they can create their own ecosystem.
The potential downside is they may track in some DOG POOP (Trolls) into our EcoSystem.
But, ultimately, it is Community driven = it thrives if you participate.
And financially investing into this Ecosystem is a process.
We are all motivated by different factors.
The obvious feeling of, "This is a Pyramid scheme!", is a rational response.
But, if you lift the layers of any Economy - they are all a Pyramid Scheme of some sort.
But we attach other values & complexities to dilute the potential for major scamming.
That is why Empires ultimately fail = The Pyramid Scheme finally grinds itself into the ground.
My toe-dipping into financial committing to Steemit/HIVE was basically, "I like it, I enjoy it, I'd rather drop money here than anywhere else at this moment."