By the way, I like to make it a habit that whenever someone votes for a post I make, I follow them, so I can see what people who like my stuff are also posting, as a way to help me find like minded people on here. I don't do it all the time but certainly if you make an insightful comment on my posts, I will probably follow you as well. I think it is a courtesy that will eventually become part of Steemit etiquette.

Maybe the developers intended this only to be a blogging platform, but this alone won't bring in the userbase, people want a facebook killer. A lot of these features have nothing whatsoever to do with the blockchain at all.