I'm a new member here. I found out about Bitcoin last year or the year before and have just now recently decided to try it out. My interests in Bitcoin are varied. Sure, I'd like to hold on to some for currency speculation, but the idea of free business transactions is alluring, after all these years of fees and restrictions from PayPal and its ilk. I tried a couple faucets but I don't think I got anything despite a successful submission, and I'd like to try mining just for the fun of it but have run into technical difficulties. In the longer term, if Bitcoin continues showing value stability, I'll probably look into the possibility of offering products and services in exchange for them. Something like a 'General Store' for Bitcoins may prove useful if one does not already exist. People need things to spend them on and it needs people to spend them, so it's gotta lose the shady drug-buying reputation for more widespread adoption, I think.
I do hope it succeeds (and without too much government persecution). Best of luck, everyone.
-J