As they all agreed on, Facebook profits from you - you are the product, whereas in the Steem Eco System you profit from your work.
The above and the fact that Steem is the biggest crypto currency right now both give Steemit and Steem a chance to be formidable for sure!
Most excellent post, I am hungry for such specific views of what happened at steemfest, thank you!
hehe thank you for web-being there !!! (That's the true Nature of Being then, @natureofbeing !! :D )