This question isn't even fully fleshed out let alone an answer but since looking into and then joining Steemit over the past few days I've really been thinking about the nature of it. I find it interesting that posts are cemented into forever (i.e. the blockchain) but at the same time have such a fleeting, ephemeral feeling because voting, commenting etc only matters for the first week. Now I know that's only in the context of earning steem/money however you want to look at it, and maybe that's not all that matters but at the same time the whole concept here is built on steem having meaning even if money, per se, is not your total aim.
Anyway, I'm just sort of struggling with what all this means and not sure how to handle it either practically or philosophically and was hoping I could start a discussion to help clarify, at least a little, all the places my mind is wandering to. Just trying to wrap my head around it all.
On the other hand, there might be aspects, technical or otherwise, I just straight up don't completely understand yet. So we can talk those things too, although at least some of those are actually discussed, and even answered, elsewhere. But my lack of some technical knowledge could influence how I think about steem as a platform too so I'm happy to engage on multiple levels.