Question are always welcome and it's a new project so understandable that it raise questions, and we want to answer them to further explain the project.
Steemeum is like a contest, where the users are being rewarded for there commitment/engagement, this is measured with the proof of time mechanism, And could in the future be further expanded with other elements of competition, that further suits the mobile device it's functions, Steem and the Steemeum project.
If the user don't have Steem and Steemeum daily on there mind they will forget to keep track of the app and they will not gather proof of time, and the result wil be no rewards for that user, because no engagement / commitment.
If the user is committed to Steem and Steemeum, and have it on there mind daily, and the user keeps track of the app, they will be rewarded for it because it is on there mind, they are probably a ambassadeur of the app and Steem. and are less likely to leave the Steem platform, because they get at least a bit rewarded for being committed and spreading the word about Steem and Steemeum.
If this is proof of brain compatible is up to the Steem users, on the other hand what is Proof of Brain, is watching a video, playing a game proof of brain?, are for example the trending pages made accordingly, and kept being improved to support the proof of brain ideology? (one could state, people are leaving because of the trending pages, because it is impossible, even when being 101% compliant, with the proof of brain ideology system to get seen.)
We will try our best and we always did, to fit that initial ideology.
The first step for Steemeum is with the release of the closed beta, to have similar functionality to the two popular virtual mobile miner apps, and we hope to eventually bring the audience from the competitor apps to Steem trough Steemeum, we make sure that the basic functionalities are working as expected by the users, from the feedback on the just released beta.
We will be moving toward further implementing Steem related, competitive/game/content related functionalities, to have unique features, Even although the Proof of Brain concept seems to not work how it (hopefully) was intended by the creators of Steem. We will help with that initial ideology and further improve Steemeum to fit it.