Really great discussion.
"This is why it is so important to seperate influence and investment. It is OK for early adopters to have a lot more money than other users but when it comes to the influence which is the dynamics of the whole system it is not OK, it's not sustainable nor scalable." Great point. ~ No one likes to feel small. Indeed. It seems there are some counterintuitive disincentives to wider adoption. A cross-purposes at odds, stagnating the platform.
It sounds as though Yours.org is busy fleshing out ways to get around these bottlenecks.