Yeah, it's an amazing future ahead for the attention-economy. With all of the projects that will launch next year, I can't see Steem at a price below $10 before the end of 2017. I think it will surpass the value of most or all of the current popular alt coins for sure. How can it not? It's not just a trading coin, it has distinct advantages for businesses and users that has no rival, and this new business model application you pointed out is one of those advantages.

No stagnation for Steem. It's going places. :)

If anyone thinks my value of Steem prediction sounds like the hopes of a ditzy Filipina (Lol), consider that when Busy.org launches, it will be a full-featured social media site that pays users and has an already-aware user base in place (us). How long did it take Twitter or Pinterest or Snapchat to boom? Not long at all. And Busy.org along with Steemit will have much more to offer than all of them.