This is what excited me about Steem. A lot of people I explain the platform to like to oversimplify it to "reddit but you get paid for it" but I think that cuts out the true power of the platform. I love the idea of keeping a base up to date on a project, for example a making a Film. While you keep people up to date, they can help fund the project, and the transparency, something everyone seems to crave, will not only make the base feel closer to the project, but will assure there will be people out there excited and ready to consume the project when completed.