Thank you for taking the time to give this input. I'm honoured.

Steem may never be as big as Facebook or eBay or other established systems but it can be big enough to cater for the needs of some people

I agree. I might have referred to the entire crypto space using Steem as an analogy. But still, someday, I hope we can find at least some of these features. Not necessarily to compete because I believe these things could work alongside each other. Like I've always pointed out, there's only a few things wrong with centralized systems. They work perfectly. But they could be better. And It'll make for a complete Steem ecosystem if we can have them and actually use them.

I believe blockchain technology is the future. And if you ask me, it has not even been hyped enough.

Maybe, maybe not. Emerging tech takes time to develop. I think with the recent scams, all the hype might have done is make people lose money in such an early stage, which is kinda okay, if we consider that the exact thing happened during the .com bubble.

However, the hype has worn off with the market trend and the time has now come for actual work to be done rather than speculation. Our responsibility on educating people would yield better results if we have more stuff going for us than there is right now.

To the future!