You've hit one of two nails on the head as to why I've not invested into Steemit. The other is that it's not exactly easy to directly invest into, having to buy bitcoin, dogecoin, lightcoin or dash first then invest that coin into Steem is another. Looks exceptionally shady to not be able to directly invest.

Shadier still not being able to withdraw my investments earned quickly.

Even shadier still with the development being shite like that. A crash a week prior, then the HF20 fork screwing things up further, it's a trainwreck. It's why I'm going to automate my posting after today. Setting up all the automation now.