That sounds to me like panic talking... Like when somebody sells all their bitcoin when the price drops...

We don't want short term speculators! We want long term investors. And that could come from the 10s of thousands of users you have already on the website if you were to introduce more incentives to buy steem.

With the new features coming I think you and Dan should seriously talk about the use of PERKS to incentivise without forcing users to buy.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@beanz/increasing-demand-for-steem-power-with-status