Article I remember reading that made me pull the trigger on Steem.

https://decentralyze.com/2010/10/17/why-decentralize-facebook

Couple points that stood out,

--To a first approximation, that’s the same as my goal of many years: building a system to connect everyone on the planet. But I don’t think it can possibly work if it’s a centralized system, with one organization controlling it to any substantial degree. Facebook may have 500m users, but it’s not going to get to 5b users until it’s a truly decentralized, open platform like the Internet and the Web.

This is the future in action, and I am really excited about it.