Please just use the term "Token" It doesn't have any of the connotation that would lead people to misunderstand the full scope of these new blockchain based assets.

I find it very interesting that Steemit.com is ranked top 500 websites in Korea but there are no korean exchanges to buy Steem. I think this is why we are see really high view counts on post that aren't

With the loss of liquidity that btc38.com (aex.com) has faced they should look to become a gateway on the bitshares exchange instead of creating markets denominated in bitassets.

Please don't listen to Stan and his claims. These are the same claims he made when bitshares was launched originally. It was very much the same market climate (i.e. a bear market). The price of bitshares

yeah i was planning on buying in the initial 5 days to see how much of a mark up i could get on exchanges but i'm just going to wait until the entire market crashes and buy a lot cheaper

The reason that facebook has such a substantial market capitalization is because of its earning capability. I have not heard a single revenue stream for steem presented, so comparing steem to facebook

I'll address all your points as you broke them down: Every company needs revenue. Social media platforms, which are free for users, require ad revenue. You can implement the same stake weighted voting

can someone open up a bitSteem market so i can short?

I think your logic is circular and there is very little bases to access the demand for steem. You can say that people will want steem so that they can post on steemit, but why would you want to post on

The price will most likely spike as people hear more about steem and it gets onto more exchanges. However, as people realize that there is no tangible value underpinning the price of steem people will