That is true on many levels, though regarding steem and censorship, if you upset the wrong people there is the possibility that they downvote you to the point where anything you post on steemit is not visible in any way, which in a way could be considered censorship.
Irregardless, there are many positives here. Like you I have been disappointed with the slow and lack of development here. I feel steem had a huge head start that was their competitive advantage that they have mostly squandered, though not completely.
Communities and SMTs could certainly turn things around on here and make steem one of the best coins around. It's up to the developers to actually get those things done.
Yes, Steem had a huge head start but if the these major releases come out will still be way ahead of the heard.
I agree with you there. Just have to start executing now.
At least we have a hard date now that will be fulfilled. No doubt the Smt's, communities and the HF #20 will make a tremendous difference. I confident by early next year the Crypto markets will have recovered. To much adoption and news is happening. Going through the bear market of 2014 there's was hardly anything going on. Only ETH ICO and Overstock accepting Bitcoin for payments. Everyday I am blown away at the pace developments happening in the Crypto space. Just getting a recovery to the normal would bring Steem back to $4+. With more growth much higher Steem. The key is getting apps and SMTs on Steem. Dtube is a great example of adding value to Steem.