That’s really true! In my short time here, I’ve seen lots of opinions on what Steem and Steemit “should” or “shouldn’t” be. One of the nice things I’ve noticed, though, is that it can be more on the Facebook side or more on the Medium side, depending on how you choose to use it.

One of the things I’m actually liking about Steem as a blockchain experiment is that all the rewards don’t go to devs and witnesses. Most of the other blockchains are all about rewarding devs and people who secure the blockchain (miners, masternodes, etc.)...so Steem is kind of refreshing that way. And I say that as a software developer. 😄

Anyway, I think that la weird thing people can play with” is a great description of Steemit. The whole thing must be particularly fascinating to you, as a psychologist. Somebody ought to write a thesis about this site!