This is fascinating...Ive been around about a month and have not really done the research on how everything works - just starting to get my feet wet with a minnow contest i entered...it seems like if this trend continues it will ultimately cause a cap in steem's accessibility to newcomers. Im not sure when that point is - and I could be wrong - but it feels like steem would continue to drift from a social platform to a money make pyramid in someways - which is fine if thats the goal...not sure the longevity of that however...then it'd be back to FB until another crypto similar is developed...

either way very interesting....thanks for caring