I'm still skeptical of Steemit, myself - maybe it'll fail horribly, and maybe it'll succeed. But seriously, for anyone claiming it's a Ponzi scheme, you need to look up the definition: It's predicated on the idea that payouts are taken from NEW 'investors' to give to existing ones. Well, guess what - you can join Steemit for free, so - you know... that kind of blows away that theory. And likewise, your steem dollars (?) are not being taken from you to pay for anyone or anything else.