There are ways to include ads into our platform that doesn't infringe on the user's flow of usage. The way I see it, pop up ads is as good as a badly placed real life billboard because over the years, we have conditioned ourselves to block these ads out of our mind. we see it, but we don't see it.

Just look at Facebook and how they used ads. Although by now they have gone to the extreme what with forcing down organic pageviews all the way to 0. But when it started out I was really impressed. You can't even see the ads at all. But it's effect is there, you have watched an ad without even consciously being aware of it.

Or take Reddit. Imagine if the company were to use pop up ads. World. War. 3.

So I believe sooner or later, there will be ways to make ads on Steemit. When the network effect is more valuable to some entrepreneurs then the Steemit money.

I feel that the "burn steem" feature is one that is currently laying dormant. Like a sleeping dragon. Because, hopefully, soon, people will start to buy steem just to burn it for a post they want Steemians to see.

Edited: pesky but.