What is interesting in the context of the cryptocurrency/Internet comparison is that there was largely ONE company that effectively pulled the Internet into "public" view: America Online... we don't think of AOL nowadays, but they were the first to have a non-nerdy interface people could understand, and the first to use names rather than a series of digits to identify users, and the first to have online "use groups" that were about things like psychology, collectibles, cooking and life... not just "software, gaming and porn."

The parallels between AOL and Steem are not lost on me... problem is, Steem doesn't have a Steve Case-like personality to drive the development. And yes, I realize we're talking centralized vs. decentralized... but even if we had a John McAfee out there saying that "Steem is the shiznik!" it would help... but we are only just now getting the dapp base and usability to support wider adoption...

Unfortunately, the whole Justin/TRON thing is worrisome...

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