I do think that’s the future we’re headed toward and see it even now in the dissatisfaction new users may express toward low earnings! Steemit is already becoming a microcosm of the internet in general. You can no more expect “if you post it, they will come” to work here than you would expect it launching a FaceBook Page, or WordPress blog.

The difference is in the tools which allow creators to distribute, market, and monetize seamlessly and with no middlemen. I think it’s the next step in what we’ve already seen in terms of independent content such as music & comics beginning to level the field against large labels & distributors in the internet age.