I looked at steemit's Wikipedia page and it literally just mentions a steemit.com hack in 2016, and the 70% staff fired recently
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steemit
I like what you said at the end, steem is seen by the rest of the crypto community, the same way bitcoin was seen by your average banker.
Steemit
Steemit is a blogging and social networking website owned by Steemit Inc that uses the Steem blockchain to reward publishers and curators.On July 4, 2016, Steemit, Inc. launched Steemit, a social media platform with virtual currency rewards that runs over the Steem blockchain. On July 14, 2016, Steemit announced on their website that they were hacked. The attack, according to them, has compromised about 260 accounts.