It's a long game not a short game.
Steem supply is already gigantic due to whales' sp and their potential power downs.
If you actually coupled that with people needing to purchase and burn steem to perform various operations such as promotion
We have a trending tab. If they used it as the default tab instead of trending, people would use it. They don't do it. They don't care.
You know, I paid @smitop to develop TWO THINGS that could help with this. But no witness or steem app developer cares. (except for SBI's joesavage)
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