I do not know yet whether Steem is a great idea, or a utopian fantasy, or an elaborate scam. I'm hoping it's a great idea.

But when I see Darryl called "shrill" and "pretentious" and "hair-splitting" for expecting real answers instead of cotton candy fluff, I have to lean hard toward it being one of the latter two.

The key question, as phrased by Daniel Imbellino at Medium:

"How does a platform that has no source of revenue of other than investors afford to pay out millions of dollars to its members when there’s no money coming in?"

Until I see a convincing answer to that question, I hope people -- including Darryl -- keep asking it or variants of it.