It's difficult to say. If investors simply desire ROI, they can purchase HBD and put it in savings and watch it grow effortlessly.

True.

If investors want INFLUENCE, they could purchase a ton of HIVE and power it up and upvote and downvote to their own pleasure.

Also true.

So....for the ROI types, why not just put HBD in a savings account then? Why put up with all the crustaceans in the Hive bucket?

Also, and not insignificant, is the fact that for every 100 minnows, you might catch a whale. If we are a proof of stake chain, then it needs to be advertised that way, and we need to be gathering the stake holders to invest. (I think this is @sircork's point). It's just a little unclear as to what the goal is...I like to think it's a decent place to play for one and all. I'm still for paid advertising, but as a monetized option, like on YT.