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I think that this could be a good idea. Musing could launch its own SMT at the start of next year, or could even launch now, like Actifit, with an ERC20 style token that converts to an SMT at a later date.
The token could be part of the rewards system, with questions and answers rewarded in both Steem and MusingSMT. Tokens could also be earned by the manual review team for their work, and also by users who spot and report plagiarism, bots or other issues. The token could also be used as a way to fund development, with bounties for particular tasks. There could even be a link to advertisers who could be allowed to ask branded questions (what do you like best about this product) in return for a fee in SMT.
However the key thing with SMTs is utility. Once you have earned all these tokens, as an individual, what can they actually be used for? There is nothing currently in the musing application that you have to purchase and no obvious use case at the moment.
So while I think this is a good idea, there needs to be a clear strategy built around how the tokens can be used, and thus how they will have utility. Without utility, the SMT (and SMTs in general) will only have speculative value, which is unsupportable.
The strategy would require changes to the current application, and it will be important that those changes don't damage the basic premise of musing (which is strong) or the user experience (which is good). I think it is possible but it needs a lot of careful thought to work.
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