As I read this post and the comments, along with a cursory view of others in the same types of discussio,  it occurs to me  what is happening with Steem/Steemit Inc is what I have been saying for a long time. It has officially reached a new level obfuscation. At the absolute, kindest assessment Steem will be an historical root from which other things grow, but more likely it will be just so much fertilizer for blockchain along with the majority of others in the same domain. They should have involved more (one?) normal from the beginning. In short, rather than becoming more transparent, steem is becoming more opaque to the point of impenetrable. Of course some things do need fertilizer so..,