I personally think that Steemit should have control of their own stake. If they choose to delegate to a effort to help pay for open source development, that would be awesome! But it's up to them. Yes, they "ninja mined" their stake, but that's the same thing they've done since, sucked at documentation. That needs to change.
It would be nice if there were something that we could all delegate to, follow their trail, and set as a beneficiary, to reward work on Steem though.