I agree with this wholeheartedly. I've been preaching for lack of a better term that the reason why Steem cannot be put aside, is due to the community that it has.

Granted, there are hundreds of issues, conflicts, disagreements, you name it. But in all, there are thousands of us who have grown attached to the possibilities of this blockchain and have learn to recognize the value in each other, if even for a second.

The network effect we keep on talking about, is built upon the organic growth of communities, it's built by people, not just algorithms and code. However, code can be a crucial aid to the process facilitating and reinforcing the communitary social tendencies.

The cold hard truth, at least the moment is that yes content is important but....

People + Communities > Content

We could have the best content creators, we could have the funniest videos, the best philosophical, political rants and it would not mean a damn thing without an audience to share it with.

I for one can't wait for Hiveminds to come out. I think the inevitable petri dishes that will sprout are going to be crucial to the social structures to arise in the future.

All this to say... I'm pumped!