Fred Wilson's comments on Steem were widely picked up (http://avc.com/2016/07/some-thoughts-on-steem/), but there have been several other supportive voices from the higher echelons of the SV tech scene over the last few days.
Naval Ravikant (Angellist)
https://twitter.com/naval/status/752992507772882944
- naval
Max Keiser
https://twitter.com/maxkeiser/status/754110399666987009
- maxkeiser
Bullish articles out of the mainstream crypto such as the one below will help coax more high-profile folks (and Joe Publics) to venture in and take a closer look at the Steemit platform.
http://cointelegraph.com/news/steemit-may-become-killer-app-as-it-looks-to-draw-1-mln-bitcoin-users-yearly