Nice read, I disagree with some points but I enjoyed the post over all.
I realize that Proof of Brain was the original concept, but the problem with people thinking staunchly in those terms is that it heavily limits Steem's potential. For example, Steem Monsters is a perfect example of how people wish to use it in other ways.
I was actually drawn to Steem when I realized its SEO value. This blockchain is absolutely perfect for the web3 idea, because it can just swarm the net. I believe we'll find Steem frontends all over the place in 3 or so years. If I'm right, bidbots are destined to be a big deal, and I think we might just have to accept that reality.
Why I value Steem is that it has the most features allowing clever ways of funding projects and people. Upvote emissions + delegations is just brilliant. Its decentralized Patreon, ...on crack. The only way to make it better is for us to jack MakerDAO's idea beind decentralized crypto loans with Dai.
Steem is perfectly poised to do the same thing with STEEM as collateral for loans in SBD. Smartest thing we could ever do as a blockchain community.
Hope your right, the more access points the better.
Most of my points are releated to the blogging section. I know its a lot more than that these days. When I started there was little else. Theres been huge developments since I started and its only going to get better.