We tend to often refer to SteemIt.com and many of the other front-ends as a system of blogging platforms, but really what we are doing is publishing. Some of us write blogs, but there is more to it.
If one of Bitcoin's attractions is sending monetary value without third party intervention, then Steem does this is the form of publishing and that could be a great story to tell.
Think of publishing a book, or a song, or even news. Steem empowers people to publish directly to other people.
No publishing house, news station or other controlling intervention is required.
I wish steemit.com didn't refer to posts as blogs as that sets an expectation of what it will be used for. I love those who are publishing, music and art and in some cases fiction. I think as time goes on and our visibility grows we could see many front ends handling votes differently as well.
What about a "Rank My Date, or Song or Politician" site. For instance political choices - 10 candidates each has a post, you go through and assign them all a rank of support from 1-10 (on the UI) in the background the code calculates a vote value and donates rewards to the campaigns or Authors.
There are so many ways that people can benefit from the transfer of knowledge, entertainment, current events and more.
Many people are not huge fans of "Blogging", but we have the ability to do so much more. I wish we had more sourced citizin journalism. More songs, more books and more publishing.
We are more than social media, more than blogs,...
If BTC is the ability to transfer funds without third party intervention, Steem is the ability to publish without third-party intervention. We are early, but we still need to pick up the pace!
NewSteem is more than social media, it's publishing.