Here are a few points to consider:

I suggest to anyone on Steemit to familiarize themselves with why Steemit has been borne out of creativity, necessity and a vast experience in the crypto world by Dan Larimer.

I have spent most of the time in the last few weeks since I discovered Steem on finding out who Dan is and what his vision is.

Some of what I found I will write about in a post down the road.

People on here should be aware of his foresight in many aspects that make the entire cryptoshpere vulnerable. Those that are part of it since many years know too well what I'm talking about.

However, Steemit is not only a possible tool for market domination wrestling with incumbents - or being another little David that is trying to go into the ring with Goliath - it is much much more than that from my little perspective over here.

Any questions about growth should involve quality vs. quantity issues. Especially in the cryptosphere everybody is aware of the "51% vulnerability" effect for lack of better terms. We are just witnessing in a parallel ecosystem what the Ethereum community is going through. Let us learn from this. Any how many do know Dan's history as far as DAO's are concerned and his thoughts on that.

Influencers: I do not see any reason why a true influencer should need any core code alteration to adjust Steemit to whatever success he/she seeks as an influencer. Especially not if it's tied to monetary goals vs. altruistic goals. Nobody has any problem if an influencer decides to publish on Steemit first and then republish on networks that are not comparatively effective in monetary terms.

Steemit has already a vast range of different types of contributors and community members ranging from tech savys, geeks, intellectuals, alternative lifestyle promotors, investors, traders, anarchists etc. etc. - this is a live experiment that will likely be as successful as the algorithmic or technological framework allows it to be.

The social, psychological, political as well as marketing impact consequences this will have is something we're in the middle of experiencing.

Most people are not used to be surrounded and somewhat affected by bots and especially if they don't even know that there is a "bot-war" going on in the background.

So in conclusion to not turn this comment into a post section I am very appreciative that so many great minds are participating in communications about what kinds of constructive actions could be undertaken while at the same time we all have to be aware that the distributed blockchain allows for the most discrepant philosophies to armwrestle either to the benefit or the detriment of the community.