Well thought out article. I agree that we should be working to get more people on board. I don't have much experience with the apps, but Steemit alone has lots of potential for any new users. Getting Youtube personalities to cross over is huge because not only does it help grow the community, it can help legitimize the space too!
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Its the same reason sports teams pay the big bucks to attract and sign "star" players, they garner increased attention for the team, except in our case the team is Steemit.
Everytime I see a youtube video I like I respectfully invite the content creator to give Steemit a chance. It shouldnt be hard to sell but people are a still skeptical. I saw a post today by @brandonfrye, https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@brandonfrye/pm859yde, and in the post he discusses how Steem today is like Bitcoin in 2009. Many people have not yet heard of it, and of those that have, many are still skeptical of its logevity.
But give it time, we are the early adopters. If we do our best to create quality content, and encourage others to do the same through wise up-votes, resteems, etc, then we will grow larger than anyone can possibly imagine today.
$50 Steem? $100? Maybe.
As of June 2017 Facebook was worth $500 billion, keep in mind that value was from 8 months ago now, but if Steem was worth even 1/5 of that, ($100 billion), then EACH steem token would be valued around $400 USD.
I know that seems insane but Ethereum is worth about 100 billion and it doesnt have nearly as many succesful apps as the Steem platform does. Ethereum has scaling issues, Steem does not.
I honestly believe Steem could be $100 each within the next 5 years.