How to stop Steemit Scammers and Thieves

A few months ago I had invest 100sb into steemit members " Bank". I saw a post from a popular member that offered a ridiculous ROI on my investment. I think it was something like 45% APR but don't quote me on that. I figured I could lose my money but the citizens of steemit are reputable people. Arent they?

The bank scam has had many people in the steemit community talking. People want to fix things and eliminate scammers and thieves. Topics have come up about voting bots, selling votes, selling delegation, flagging posts that are shit posts. People are upset and want the rules here to change. Possible a fork or code change to fix some of these issues. I read a recent post by @blocktrades that took me almost 45 minutes to read about the issues at steemit.

Here is what I have noticed when I started paying attention to what goes on here. There are groups like @steemcleaners that donate their time and resources to fight scammers and thieves. They do this because they care about the community they are part of. I have encountered other groups like @thealliance and @qurator and @ocd who are also donating time and resources to encourage undiscovered authors to keep writing. Community members like @neoxian and @compensationfund who are taking care of members who have been scammed. @thewritersblock helping and teaching members how to write better content. There is even some group of Whales that is delegating sp for free to good curators to encourage them to seek out quality content. There are many others groups and charity funds that I have not had the chance to interact with that I have not mentioned. As a matter of fact, I could just keep going with the list of outstanding community members here on steemit.

When I take a real good look around I am inspired to follow their lead. When I first got here I thought that steemit would be a good way to make some extra money. Over the last month or so I have been investing everything I have into steemit. I could have gone for the money and invested in bitcoin, but I see something special here. I spend some time is PAL discord in #recovery-addiction and the people I have met have had an impact on my life. The potential of steemit is unlimited.

To all those who think that steemit has some major problems I urge you to look around and see all the special things that are going on here. ie. I read a story about @sircork helping out another community member @malos10 with feeding people in his home country. Amazing..... Amazing life changing stuff is going on here at steemit. I have no doubt that the people that are leading by example here will lead steemit into the direction it needs to go. We are a new community here and there are growing pains.

We come from a world of rules and regulations and punishment. How has that been working out so far? Do we need more rules and regulations here at the cost of our freedom? There are a few bad apples here that just don't get what this place is all about. The community is taking care of itself without the need for a government or a coding change. We are solving our own problems internally by the members demonstrating outstanding leadership.

I get it These scammers and thieves are a bruise on our community. The blockchain and decentralized platforms that allow us freedom from the shackles of society also free the Scammers and thieves. Have no fear, the community will take care of itself, just like it has been doing. Lets change the world! Lets not change steemit to be more like the world. We have some members here that are truly invested not just with their money, buts with their hearts and souls. They will help keep steemit on the path. I have been truly inspired by these leaders and I desperately want and need to be part of whats going on here.