I won't speculate about whether this was your plan right from the start or not since it wouldn't change a thing, but I want to let you know that you just personally failed on a high scale. Being the crypto markets still a very small world, your newly acquired image of having exploited the Steem network in such way, won't help you much in terms of starting out new business agreements. Who may want to trust someone like you in the future?
The fact that the Business Developer from Steemit, Inc just commented a Nooo! here, makes me think if you haven't even informed the ones that provided you with so much loyalty and support, before setting up this blog post. That'd be not only unprofessional but also a clear zero with regards to business ethics. I hope I am wrong about this.
Now I have a question for you which is a friendly recommendation at the very same time:
Can you please elaborate on what is going to happen with our content being stored on your website? You may know that nobody of us gave you permission to use that content in a different way than being related to the Steem network. You may not want to receive thousands of take down notices from lawyers from all over the world, when you start out your new business, do you...?
You may deeply regret all this one day, and I guess you can already feel that today.
EDIT: Abstract from your Terms of Services:
9 (b) Our Content Ownership. Company does not claim any ownership rights in any User Content and nothing in this Agreement will be deemed to restrict any rights that you may have to use and exploit your User Content.