Unless someone from the developing team can rebuttle this these guys make pretty good cases as to why steemit is a scam
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1558366.0
https://steemit.com/steemit/@afilja/is-steemit-a-ponzi-lets-investigate
STEEM a SCAM?!
8 years ago in #bitcoin by cryptovoice (47)
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Please read my perspective on this :
https://steemit.com/steemit/@vimukthi/we-are-human-asics-steem-ponzi-scheme-explained-debunked
Hopefully it would help you understand better.