Hahaha, Book 'em Danno!
I haven't heard that for years!!
You're absolutely right.... a Blockchain that is free and fast can not help but get development on it. Who wouldn't use a system where the infrastructure is already in place and the people are already here and everyone is already making money? I make money on this platform, but honestly, it's the friends here that keep me coming back day after day. The people I follow are so interesting... and the more interesting they are the more money they make - so this platform encourages people to make their lives interesting... the benefits to this are ten-fold!
The only reason we only have $550k users is that people just don't know about this platform, but every time people talk, and every time a Steem page ranks in the top 10 on Google, we'll hey more people.
Projects like @thefreshfive are working hard to make sure we retain those new people...