Hi Beth, I'm glad you're out here posting. I really want to try and stake out a living with Crypto. I also struggled with an answer on whether or not I saddle with the Steem platform or split my audience to Patreon and YouTube. 

This tells me that the Steem community at-large is a great loving crowd who really care about profitting off their own work.

Just some friendly advice, as much as you talk about wanting to raise the bar for DTube keep in mind that numerous "selfie" vlogs will distract from your larger video installment.

Anyway, looking forward to seeing your videos and stories. :)