Hi @katythompson, I posted something similar to this when I first joined although not as to the point as yours. It is good though to point out the things that we believe will make Steem mainstream since that is what we want in the end, my goal is total freedom from regulated third parties that later become weapons "sanctions" for governments to oppress innocent people all over. The reddit part is practically a real threat and not just from them, there is a real intuitive social network in the works that will allow users to share content and curate such and earn tokens for their exchanges, a way to turn "likes" into transactions, Steemit needs to get it together fast.