I wouldn't say that it's scammy since payouts have been happening, large ones too. It's not a scam but people should realize you can turn money into steem power, but it takes 2 years to get your money back. So you can buy influence, but your committed to that influence. Will Steemit take the money and run like so many scammers in the crypto world? As we have seen with ETH, if the scam works well they keep it going. And I don't think steemit is a scam. Why scrap something with seemingly so much potential just for a few quick million? As long as they make sure the fundamentals are right or tweaked when real big masses start coming. I hope to see a future in it and it's honestly one of the first times I have ventured away from Poloniex and actually used a different website that had to do with an Atl. That is promising in my opinion.