Thanks so much for those comments.
I do think the investment end of this is essential to the Steem ecology. Crypto helps to distinguish us from Twitter and Facebook. But if we let that investment character drive and color all the activity on the platform, we limit growth to a niche audience. So, yeah, bring on the SMTs (I don't really understand them). I'm ready. I'll even buy, if it seems appropriate. But free the social media aspect of the blockchain from the grasping, competitive, hunting, winner-takes-all mentality of rationed resources. Everybody should feel like a winner every time they engage here. Because every time someone feels like a loser, the platform loses.
Well, what do I know? All I really have to go on is personal experience and a little research. I want the good parts of Steemit to succeed. There's a lot to fight for.
Keep Steemin--I will. See you around :)