Ah excellent. I can agree with that vision. It makes total sense. I am with you about the one entity being the only way. That is what we see in the present siloed internet. Blockchain allows for permissionless development that could adjunct whatever else is out there. I do agree about the discussion...I think that is more important that simply commenting. Steemit is the first one I used followed by busy.org because I got frustrated with losing posts on Steemit (they might have resolved that).
Since I like your philosophical approach, I will do what I can to help. It is important to get more development on the entire blockchain, not just one particular app. Realistically, steemit could fail while the blockchain explodes.
One other question that I want your point of view on: what are your thoughts on SMTs?
No one wants to see that happen, but you're right - the more apps, the more resistance we have to failure for Steem itself.
I think they'll be a nice addition to Steem and I definitely want to explore how best to integrate them into projects like this. It definitely adds a different dynamic to things and I still haven't figured out what kind of impact it'll have overall. I tend to learn best by doing, so I'm waiting for some SMT test stuff to dive in deep.