Thanks for the response! Yes, steemit is definitely not a timeless platform, and when taken in comparison to truly timeless works like Shakespeare, i don't think it's meant to be. However, it certainly has the ability to completely dominate the next slot over on the spectrum--the indi-publishing world, investigative journalism, investing newsletters, memoirs (@moefbatpi), etc, etc, etc. As there are absolutely no authors that make any money, further, it can act as the "proof of concept" for these people as they shop their material to publishers or option it ("This story has already made $10,000, are you sure you don't want to at least read it?"). Like a Kickstarter except for story. It can change a lot of quality content producers income from None to Some. And that's a big difference. I am merely arguing for a slight push in that direction.

I don't think any centralized body would be needed to control or vet content for any of these ideas. For a timeless post to succeed, it would need the votes just like any other post, and people could absolutely post garbage in hopes that it would do well--the difference is that the garbage post would not pay them for months, so why bother, especially when you can already post garbage four times a day and get paid handsomely 24 hours later?

I completely agree about the open platform simply just working this is truly the future we are living in! Thanks for recommending @smooth, I will def check them out!