I sit here in awe at the level of interest Steemit has been building.
When I first heard of Steemit, I thought, wow cool idea. Good way to get the written word onto the blockchain for preservation for posterity. When my friend and Nexus Teammate Keith Smith wrote this awesome article about not needing taxes and made a decent haul on Steemit, I saw that this platform had even more potential.
https://steemit.com/anarchism/@keithsmih/we-don-t-need-taxes-where-we-are-going
Nevertheless, I still wasn't fully sure it would go mainstream at least not for a while. With the addition of the Reputation system, I decided to give Steemit a try.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@pdogg147/kudos-to-the-steemit-reputation-system-and-introduction
But, even since yesterday with this successful post by Jeff Berwick of The Dollar Vigilante
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@dollarvigilante/the-dollar-vigilante-is-now-on-steemit
coupled with the recent successful posts by Sterlin Luxan,
https://steemit.com/anarchism/@sterlinluxan/anarchism-is-deeply-intimately-personal
https://steemit.com/psychology/@sterlinluxan/spanking-children-is-an-unconscious-act-of-vengeance
I am seeing this head towards mainstream integration. Then earlier today 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-blockchain-backed-social-network-steemit-could_us_57a47636e4b0c94bd3c9312f
It then finally dawned on me.
He was right all along and that this platform was set to go mainstream in and of itself, but the larger implication is building awareness of cryptocurrencies and how they can benefit society. Many of us are working towards this means and to build cryptocurrencies that better the world in some way.
I am now on the side that Steemit and the Steem Team are working towards that means as we are with the Nexus Project (though with much different aims and strategies). Crypto is about to go mainstream and I think Steemit is about to do it. Thanks 
So...Wow! I Can't Believe How Much I Underestimated Steemit's Ability to Take Crypto Mainstream!!!