Yes, not requiring upfront investment to get involved is hugely important and I'm sure that there will be a crypto token that is massively successful in the future. I'm not sure it will be Steem though.
Success will be dependent on how they address these two issues imo.
Hopefully this post will get some additional response from the community and especially the earlier investors, it would be nice to see this discussed openly.
Unfortunately since this is a low value account, it's highly likely no one will see it : (
cc/ @dantheman