Some more long term reasons to invest:
- Three second block times and "no fees"
- Delegated-Proof-Of-Stake let's you mine without hardware and doesn't waste electricity.
- Vested Steem is difficult to steal because of account recovery.
- Multiple private keys allows for increased security.
- The Steem API is strong and development will evolve past Steemit. Bid bots will become outdated.
I'm glad you still choose to support this platform even though there are so many problems. Oh wait, there is no competition, just like you said... lol :)
However, when competition does eventually arrive I think this will be good for everyone. It will light the fire under Steem and force it to change for the better, or go the way of Myspace. This is a win-win for the average user.
Thanks for this info you added to the discussion.
To lazy to upvote him