"This makes Steemit a semi Venezuela government model where when you need more cash, HEY, just print more up."

Uh, this can be said of every(?) single currency in the world.

One can always buy Steem on other exchanges and send it to steemit.

Agreed on the downvotes - and you will likely get many for this - but it is more of an annoyance than anything to me. Same thing happens on Reddit.

I've had a +$1000 article, and all I can say is you have to find out what appeals to this somewhat limited audience. You can probably post the recipe to Coca-Cola here and it would not get much money.

It is still in beta. It needs MANY improvements on the social media side to seriously compete with Reddit, FB, and others.