The power of Steemit will come from affinity groups who come together around specific topics in an effort to hack the up-voting.\ process. In fact, by attempting to hack steemit up-voting, people will be making steemit more valuable because these affinity groups will be curating specialized value such as productivity tools and technical documents, etc.
As these groups get larger and more diverse, it should be expected to continue as subgroups will form, etc. At some point, Steemit will become the go-to place for valuable information, and thus intrinsic.
If you are an engineer of any type from anywhere in the world; mechanical, civil, software, electrical and are posting engineering related topics as your first tag on Steemit, then please join this slack and ask to be up-voted. https://steemitengineering.slack.com/
This is an experiment so your willingness to participate is appreciated. Let's talk about forming a Steemit community for global engineers. Thank you