Thanks @patrice - that's what I love about this place, lots of counterbalanced views that make you think! And you make a great point re: posts getting buried, which I think is one of the challenges of steemit in that recency of post rules over posts that fade into the background of time. Thanks again.

One final thought is that if there is a way to monetise the nature of steemit for a corporate, I am sure that some bright MBA student is pondering the problem right now!