I love this! Very timely and relevant.
"Steemit is a community driven eco-system. Everything from the reward system, to the witness voting and decision making at a core level is at least partly informed by consensus. Collaboration is built into steemit, as without collaboration between witnesses and steemit inc, or between curators and content creators, there would be no system to drive the steem economy.**"
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The many collaborations happening across steemit are like the life-blood pumping oxygen to a healthy eco-system so that it can grow.