Thank you for the contribution, @pandasquad. It looks like i have some catching up to do; i joined this year, made a couple posts and wondered about the lack of organic response. I just came back in the last few days to reattempt to engage, so I still don't know much - the dynamics you describe, though, make total sense. I look around and see that it is definitely not the most articulate content, nor the most valuable, that is curated. This dynamic runs contrary to the interests of the community itself; it solely serves an aggregate of individual interests and lacks longterm vision.

I'm just a minnow in the world of crypto, but i dove in deep since last summer and started investing in "bleeding-edge" dubious cryptos from the shadowy ANN corners of bitcointalk, and somehow made a few k starting from nothing, and - coming in from the integrative perspective of a singularity geek, evolved into a yogi, articulated through coaching/strategic consulting -

I saw all the different features and niches being covered, darksend/instasend/MN/DPoS/sidechains/atomic swaps and so on - and picture clicked. How to integrate all the functions in an organic way to support - a blockchain that is the common property of all, while masterfully avoiding the tragedy of the commons - i can't say too much, not yet.

It's unfortunate for everyone that Steemit isn't it yet. It's fortunate for me, though, and for you possibly, because i fully intend to build it, and if the idea resonates you can totally get in.

And if you are a whale reading this and considering "scam or not", just frigging fly me in so we can talk. There's much more money in this than a stupid ticket but time is critical.

Dang, i don't want to sound spammy especially because i just deeply resonated with your comment and i started writing without forethought. But i'd like you to know how serious i feel about this - "would-you-leave-a-pile-of-money-on-fire" serious.

Either way i appreciate your articulate contribution, and look forward to following you :)