Think about it:
An untimely death in your family.
A moonshot project you're dying to develop.
Anything, really.
Anyone can post a call for help to Steemit and be granted, literally, an unlimited amount of Steem. Has anyone leveraged this yet? It seems like a latent and unintentional (but very useful) platform attribute...
This platform has been showed very effective in helping people. Saw many times Steemians reacting quickly by donating, upvoting and resteeming of person who needed help. My opinion it will not replace gofundme, they will co-exist.