I believe that trading ideas is a good thing.
But never the less, apart fom trading ideas we have to make ourselfs be heard. So you are right by saying that its just like trading but with ideas. But even more to it, I am saying that humans are worth more than money.
Also a lot of new commer come to the platform and have a belief in it but dont know how they can help. It wold be good to have a witnes alike team or a curator alike team that integrates new commers and sets up new teams that go onto promoting steem.
These groups are already developing over on Steemit Chat. The trading of ideas is where the similarity to trading stops, its the community bonding and the lifting of others that seperates Steemit.
Thats where we agree then )))