Risk is always an opportunity, just don't get caught up in the concept of having to profit or needing a high market cap to dictate the value of the platform. You and other users are the value of the platform. Any monetary gain is just a benefit of the system working towards a larger audience, and ultimately disrupting the system of controlled media is the important take away from steemit. Also it's extremely important to remember that steemit is one aspect of steem. Steem itself is the underlying platform on which steemit is built, and even if steemit shut down today, you still have a very viable crypto currency that is akin to ethereum. If anything I would say steemit is years ahead of ethereum because of actual use of an app on the platform and the open approach towards multiple markets. Allowing people to enter with Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitshares, and ultimately for free is allowing a rediculously low barrier of entry into something that has the power to change the world. Steemit like LBC is about more than money, it's about a future where we aren't all slaves to the bank fueled greed system that is killing people for profit all over the world every day. The more people that wake up, the more powerful we become. Eventually the banks will be trembling in fear of crypto, instead of just being concerned. Free the mind and free the world :)