Interesting post. People who don't have the time or energy to invest in investigating a system often go to the old standby of the "ponzi scheme", even with those shares that have skyrocketed, the people who had their finger on the pulse and got in early benefited the most. Of course thinking that money is the only way to add value is a fallacy. Time, creativity, attention are all equally valid currencies on the Internet. I think Steemit has struck the right balance.