After appointing a new VP Steemit has announced a new marketing direction and the launch of a “crowdsourced growth” initiative.
Mitchell Loureiro as vice president of marketing stated:
“We believe that the only way Steem growth can scale is for it to come from the community itself. So we’re going to create community-driven growth processes from the very start. That’s right everyone, we’re crowdsourcing growth for Steem.”
https://cointelegraph.com/news/steemit-appoints-new-vp-hints-at-move-away-from-crypto-centric