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It could be but not at present. I'm a bag fan of steemit but until it's functionality matches or surpasses that of Facebook, it won't get mass adoption. At present it's still very limited and clunky. Having said that if steemit can seriously improve its UI then yes we could see this happen

... and solve issues with steemit mobs that abuse it.

Unfortunately that is also true !

True, but Steemit is only 2 yo and should have a bright future imo.