I think Steemit has a rollout plan to cover all of the areas that people are used to getting with their other social medias. Their first phase was to attract those interested in actually building the physical bones of the site. These people who became the whales, were able to work out the kinks and bring some cohesion to everything.

DTube, while still kind of a dumpster fire in my opinion, was the next logical step, as a visual platform is important to compete with YouTube and Facebook video (which is kind of a joke, but I digress.)

The type of people being drawn to Steemit as of right now however, are those interested (for the most part) in producing great content and high-level content. I mean this in the least insulting way possible, but I think Steemit has deliberately avoided making the site easier to navigate for the "masses" until it has a lot of solid content and creators that would more easily attract people who want more erm..."simplicity" to their social media platform.

AKA, the type of people following the Kardashians (I know, really huge stereotype, but it's to make a point) would have ZERO interest in Steemit the way it stands right now, and that's good, because they wouldn't necessarily be contributing quality content in the same way that many creators do at the moment.

I think when the time is right, Steemit Devs will release other subsidiaries (Like DTube) for people to link to, and/or incorporate them right into the Steemit blog, but they will be more user-friendly and frankly more simple to navigate than the Beta currently is for the masses at large.

I have my eye on a few different up and coming sites. I think Steemit is the most solid moving forward, and I don't necessarily think it's a Ponzi scheme, but I also don't quite understand how it is fully blockchain. The other sites I have visited require a physical download to your computer, which I thought was a major part of blockchain technology, ya know, everyone shares a piece. It doesn't bother me much, I think what worries me most is the higher probability of a cyber attack. It would royally suck to make a ton of money on here and have it robbed. This is what blockchain is supposed to protect you from, but can't be 100% effective without being 100% blockchain.

Anyway, this was a GREAT and insightful post. Love your candor and humor! I look forward to more posts like this! (Though I do also love your ANW stuff too!)