you bring up many interesting points. i think ill focus on the future of steemit subject matter. for me the question becomes.. how many people need to be active to support the overall ecosystem? I am not sure if i see a skew toward creators as a bad thing. i may be strange but i like the intimacy of the platform in general. i get everyone looks toward growth as a measure...but i see it slightly more selfishly i guess. i dont want every monkey from youtube here. i am perhaps a brat...i would probs leave if steemit became huge and everyone was here, i dont know that for sure. it is true i am on facebook but barely use it

i just love steemit because it is small and full of creators is what i guess im saying. I feel humanity works better small. 10 people agree better than a 100, 1000, a million. more people means more bullshit to me. i like the punk style creator reality of steemit.
i go back to my first question though... because sustainable viability is the real question for me. How many active folks need to be here? How much investment needs to be here? What is the magic membership number that allows for the circles within circles that allows steemit to survive perpetually? That magic number is the stat i care about finding out... it is a more important idea or number than next months new membership stats.
i am cool with being surrounded by a world of creators. Steemit has been a tool to revitalize my creative side. If it closed shop tomorrow i would only be selfishly disappointed...but i would mostly just feel grateful of all the months of creating and meeting other creators in a close knit environment........ i am not here for money, it is a bonus to being here. so i guess that shifts my overall feeling about the whole platform and what it needs or what goals it should strive toward.

thanks for you post and space to contemplate