I understand the point, but I disagree:

• Steem is still in BETA (see the logo on the top left of the screen)
• It's @dan 's baby and we are not his customers: Steemit GAVE us money to come here.

That's 2 reasons to let him experiment. Even unilaterally. And to defend him, he did post multiple stories asking for our opinion. That's fair.

Imho, in the end, the three most important metrics will be:

• Quality of the content + Number of recurrent users
• Repartition of the Steem wealth (from 99/1 to 70/30)
• Value of the STEEM currency (the most important metric)

Regards.