mhmmmM!!! Yes @blockrush!!! I feel hesitation about the SMT thing too.
It would be easier to create a Disqus like embedded comment system which will be powered directly by Steemit with SteemConnect login.
This seems like a much better direction to take Steemit, integrate the network into other sites. And I think you're dead right about how to provide SMT's too...don't hand em out like candy. Carefully bring people onboard...make it the sort of thing that is classy. Ensure that people who use them and using them really well. Build their networks first.
Beh...anyway, I appreciate you sharing these thoughts. It's the most sensible thing I've heard all week about this shit.