Dear @phgnomo

I wonder what's your view on this issue 3 days after you posted your article. I'm amazed that Steemit managed to push with communities and released them faster than I expected. It's a good sign. Apparently Justin is pressuring current team to deliver all promisses.

Part of my real-life job is to try to figure out the most probable scenarios that can happen based on the information that is available

Are you an AI? :)

You made a great point saying that Steem and steemit - both are intertwined. We can try to separate it, but it's just not fully possible.

A token swap is part of the plan

I'm seriously worried about it - mostly because it would mean that everyone need to downvote in the first place. So all projects and communities relying on delegations, curation trail, auto-upvotes - it would all collapse.

ps.
I've already read tons of comments and it's clear to me, that steem community is breaking into few different groups. It's surely very worrying time for many users. Personally I decided to be optimistic.

Also one thing that people seem to forget is the fact, that Steemit Inc. has been dumping large amount of steem on the market on montly basis (any idea how much did they sell every month?). This created enormous selling pressure. I don't think Justin will follow this strategy.

Many things surely will change and some users will be gone. I expect that mostly whales and witnesses will have a very challenging time adapting. Wouldn't you agree?

ps.
I also just wrote more about my own approach to this issue. (link here). Check it out and drop some comment :)

Upvote on the way :)
Cheers, Piotr