RE: Steemit needs a way to create unique communities with custom rules and voting incentives.
I've found, that using smart contracts may possibly be not so bad idea. Depending on the implementation of course.
If we were to have a steemit upvote button next to each porn video on redtube, we'd either need bots to create the posts for us or some kind of smart contract network layer. I wouldn't know anything about the latter, since I'm not that familiar with smart contracts. I find that all of this is currently semi workable with automation bots(lots of spam). Each platform could have their own megathread, so'd they wouldn't bother others as much.
I tried explaining my concept trough gaming in this post:
https://steemit.com/games/@ubg/how-steemit-could-change-the-gaming-industry
I may have unconsciously developed that idea from you. Thanks if this is the case.