I appreciate your points @lynncoyle1; thanks for the thoughtful comment.

I look at Steemit and its surrounding apps as an entire ecosystem; far more than just a blogging/content platform. I see the potential here to create-- for all intents and purposes-- our won internal economy, where we can trade with each other, using Steem... and totally bypassing the world of banks and dollars and cents. The homesteaders can trade gardening supplies using Steem. Artists can do so to sell their art.

The central Steemit platform is sort of like the "town newspaper." We can still be writers and bloggers and whatever else.

Part of my enthusiasm comes from seeing commerce as "differentiation." When an investor looks to put money somewhere in the crypto markets, where will it go? There are 1000's of tokens... but if you can see one that revolves around a thriving economy and compare it to others that are just "promises," where would you invest?