At this point - I dont think anything done do to this site will stop Steem's ascent as a currency.. They have already basically handed the project to the community to further.. Quicker/partial power ups and downs make sense going forward - especially since they have put the pressure on us (the users) to bring in new users.. From what I can see - if I want to bring a friend on here tomorrow its gonna cost me 15 steem to buy an account - then I haven to figure out how to "take care of them".. Maybe I want 10k SP to help them get started but I dont want to make a huge time commitment.. renting SP at this point really does seem like the right answer even though its more of a system exploit than design! Its been fun watching this site inch closer to what it is meant to be - but what that looks like is still being written!
At this point - I dont think anything done do to this site will stop Steem's ascent as a currency.. They have already basically handed the project to the community to further.. Quicker/partial power ups and downs make sense going forward - especially since they have put the pressure on us (the users) to bring in new users.. From what I can see - if I want to bring a friend on here tomorrow its gonna cost me 15 steem to buy an account - then I haven to figure out how to "take care of them".. Maybe I want 10k SP to help them get started but I dont want to make a huge time commitment.. renting SP at this point really does seem like the right answer even though its more of a system exploit than design! Its been fun watching this site inch closer to what it is meant to be - but what that looks like is still being written!