In my personal opinion I don't see this latest scandal changing the average Facebook users view of the social media giant. The average joe just doesn't care enough about how their personal data is used and who profits from it.
Steemit as it's currently constructed isn't in position to seize on this opportunity for many reasons. The biggest reason being ease of use, most Facebook users are willing to give up privacy for convenience and simplicity.
If Steemit looks to compete with many of the larger social media companies it must keep that in mind. Thats why it's important that we as a community not only treat this as a way to make money, but actually focus on being SOCIAL and having meaningful conversations and interactions with each other.
I can not more than agree, that is why I mentioned the seizing the moment, to look on how to do it, is worth a separate article on the matter. Since we are permissionless, we can afford to have many different projects based on the platform, take @busy.org or @steemplus all looking to make it more user-friendy.
The interaction over here is mainly profit driven, and there lays one of the biggest problems.