This is a nice read, indeed I never felt the same with Steem as with other blockchains or websites for that matter. I am not a developer but learning a bit of python or JavaScript isn't hard to interact or build on top of steem.
Your story is really inspiring I have voted you as a witness a long time ago but every time I see one your amazing projects I get a compulsion to check again if I voted for you or not. Happy Steemiversary @yabapmatt