@acidyo, great post! And good timing, given the huge influx of new members, these days.

I'm here for the long haul (5+ year time horizon)... I'm always a bit skeptical of ventures that claim to be "the future" but I actually see it here... and this is the first site in years that has not "overpromised but underdelivered."

I think we are just at the very front edge of Steemit becoming something really BIG as different apps and initiatives are made to expand the ecosystem. I hope part of the plan will also be to create more of a Steem-based peer-to-peer marketplace, giving a sturdier economic reason for the Steem token to exist... which will set us up far above most of the other alt coins. That's why I'm excited about steemgigs, steemshop and any plans to create a crowdfunding portal and charity/fundraising portal.

In an ideal world... we can move towards creating "the only web portal anyone would need" yet without the cumbersome politics and corruption typical of a centralized corporate structure.