We all use products and services., and usually find them online anyway. There are a lot of indie companies that could find Steemit has their target audience. There could be a lot of technology-based ads. I don't see it as the 'Scary Spaghetti Ad-Monster' landing here and ruining the platform. I think that it would make it better. Because Ads don't have to equal mainstream, ads dont have to be from multi-national conglomerate corporations. In fact, those are the ones that would not be so much interested in Steemit. the maintstream seeks mainstream.

this would be a good place to advertise things like Scrivener, ebook editors, graphic design software, niche tech gadgets, non-profits, etc. We might like many of the ads. Sometimes they are good for making us aware of products we wouldn't know about, and competitive pricing. Maybe even from companies we'd like to see successful.