Why not just reply on Steemit? The GUI is not that much worse than a random chat program. I (did) like to talk with people on facebook or youtube, because it was topic based dialogue, I just don't see the benefit.
Everybody should have the right to use them but I should be able to not use them and still be successful on Steemit ;)
but in theory chainbb and busy are alternatives to the Steemit frontend, arent they?
yeah that is why I would love to develop steemit as a frontend instead of starting from scratch. The design is kinda neat, you gotta admit ;)