To help Steem move into the elite rankings the users of the Steem platform need to do more in order to attract big investors.

This is false.

You know I am all for Steemit growing, but what the last, well even just the last 6 months have shown, that big investors are not interested in anything BUT profit. This doesn't help Steemit at all, but actually makes it worse. They have no interest in the community, and Steemit is suppose to be a community social network.

I began sticking them in random public places; subway stations, Starbucks signs, elevators, inside arenas etc.

I know in South Korea, people throw advertising everywhere, but I personally hate this kind of tactic. It's irresponsible, and I see it as vandalism and littering. Sorry. You should have walked in to local places, places that can actually benefit from being a part of Steemit, and asking if you could place a permanent signage on their register or something, not marking up big corporate entities.

Steem logo with a greater than symbol, followed by the bitcoin logo.

Honestly, I think we Steemit should try and disassociate itself from Bitcoin as much as possible... but.

Anyway, it's nice to see your efforts in promoting the platform, those are just my critiques, and they're meant to be constructive.