I have my own skepticisms about the Steemit monetization model and inflation concerns, but I would say that it's nothing like Amway. We are posting original thoughts here, not marketing garbage products of big corporations. Also, there are no referral fees/bonuses nor any incentives for scamming friends and family. Also, individual posters are not paying anything to the Steemit website to use it. I'd say Steemit is strictly superior to Reddit in every way. If Steemit is MLM, then Reddit is slave labor.