I'd really like to see how many people are purchasing steem and powering up to get steem power. I think the bigger question in the short terms is how many people are purchasing steem to power up. If there are not enough new people purchasing ownership in the currency then the venture capital that is allowing for people to cash out is going to go dry up very quickly. If on the other hand people are purchasing a lot of steem power, even if only as a speculative investment, that can still carry the liquidity that is needed in the system for a while. Ultimately, however, users need to feel it is worth purchasing steem power because the influence on the platform is worth the investment, which ultimately means steemit.com needs to drive off site traffic and economic activity to be worth the investment in steem power. I don't see anyone talking about this need to drive off site economic activity and I think it is the most critical measure of long term success for the platform. Do you agree? If so, can you gather the stats on people powering up? Could you gather data on traffic being directed from Steemit.com to other sites? If you disagree, why do you disagree?
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