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Well, in 2013 when he/she was writing his/her article on Reddit, STEEM and Steemit didn't exist.
So, we could think about it (Steem and Steemit) as a solution he/she was bagging us to create for getting out of the possible trouble from his/her scenario. 😉
What about that? 😉😊

i like it, explanation accepted.