Interesting post. The success of Steemit lies in DEV-CENTRALIZATION. See exhibit SteemQ this weekend... TRIGGER WARNING: At the moment, Steemit is basically a Blogger circle jerk. Adding video and music will open it up to a wider audience and thus greater monetary investment. So, everyone reading this stands to BENEFIT THE MOST by embracing ancillary formats. As far as the price rising, cryptocurrencies are massively manipulated on the exchanges. All traders care about is ROI. I don't see it going TOO high, because they can make it to fall by whales shorting it. Just look at the struggles BTC is having right now. MASSIVE manipulation mostly from Chinese market OKCoin. Anyway, how can we keep growing? Announce NEW facets of the platform weekly and buy Steem with proceeds you receive here to keep the price up. I love this platform and want it to succeed. (Steemradio, call me) Keep on Steemin'!