I certainly enjoy these posts of yours more than the rants. For starters, these posts have some timeless value in them and that's very good for your brand. As for shitcoins, as a concept, this is concepts is actually content-dependent. 7 years ago, as you astutely noted, Bitcoin was a shitcoin. But those who saw the content correctly realized it's not a shitcoin. I think the same perspective should be applied to any digital coin that appears: analyze it in the bigger context (not on what happens this week, or in two weeks). For what it matters, Steemit is the most complex real experiment in digital cryptocurrency. And where there's complexity, there's a bigger "attack surface" as the security specialists love to put it. It's just normal to be like that. As those "attacks" are faced and solved, the ecosystem will grow stronger. And by "attacks" I understand also the massive dump that sunk the price during the last 2-3 months.
Anyway, I loved your post. :)