STEEM a SCAM?!
Unless someone from the developing team can rebuttle this these guys make pretty good cases as to why steemit is a scam
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1558366.0
https://steemit.com/steemit/@afilja/is-steemit-a-ponzi-lets-investigate
Please read my perspective on this :
https://steemit.com/steemit/@vimukthi/we-are-human-asics-steem-ponzi-scheme-explained-debunked
Hopefully it would help you understand better.