Very interesting points. You may be absolutely right about the future of Steemit in lacking an additional system of rewards but there may be a factor which is very hard to account for. That is the access to people like yourself and myself in which you may never have access to otherwise. Beyond this blog for people who don't know me there's no easy way to contact me. For the 1pct of the world population that is involved in crypto at the moment this may be one of the largest platforms in which others can have access to them. Certainly not every crypto enthusiast is using Steem but I would say that the people I've met through interacting here have been extraordinary and I can't say that about people I've met elsewhere. If we want to be successful it helps to surround ourselves with others that are successful and see what makes them tick. I've found traits like positivity, passion, drive, creativity are quite common in people I've met on this platform so there seems to be a few unforseen benefits like the ones you are referring to but I agree, there needs to be more incentive for interaction besides monetary rewards because there simply aren't enough rewards to go around based on the way the system has been set up. Thanks for your thoughts.
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