@ivansnz... I welcome the discussion of this nature... I'm of the belief that:

• the steem platform is an experiment by it's very nature - melding crypto/decentralization with social media and allowing for ultimate individual creativity... boundless possibilities. I further believe that steemians are curious enough... and entrepreneurial enough... that this will keep coming up until it has had a thorough trial run. I suspect that the sheer number of project ideas and business possibilities in the community will require external capital.
• there are inherent limitations in growth due to: 1) the current onboarding process for new steemians (when so many "accounts" online are immediate and real-time) 2) separation from fiat (don't misunderstand - this is also a strength) - but I feel it is currently a barrier to more global buy-in from a public which has difficulties seeing outside of the box (the regulated and censored box of "secure" and filtered mainstream content). It's as if the public needs to translate into their "native fiat language" in order to comprehend the value of something
• injecting capital (via advertising, for example) will ultimately be necessary for growth... BUT we may risk becoming dependent on it... which will jeopardize some of the true benefits of decentralization... i.e. freedom from censure and such
  Just my thoughts, inspired by yours... Thanks!

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