The platform is absolutely valuable, but it's like a supermarket that gets filled with product. The fruits of Steemit are the people and their content. --

• Sure we could all stand on the side of the road selling apples, but we're gonna sell way more if we are in the grocery store next to all the other fruits :D We see creators as equally as valuable as the investors/developers.

"But it is Together That We Prevail" - Dwight Schrute

We're all needed here.