nice article and makes a lot of sense. i have always felt that steemit's rightful place in the world is as a publishing powerhouse. SMTs will definitely make it happen.  imagine that we are a aggregator of aggregators. each aggregator (like Medium), will bring their users on board because there will be a great way to monetize their posts and still have their own select audience. It will also get them the ability to cross sell content to users of other aggregators.