Before commenting on the official announcement I'll wait for the testnet. See this thing in action first to form a better idea of what it will look like. Also, most of the time, I stay out of these long discussions because it takes an incredible amount of time and usually leads to nowhere (from experience).
Once it's crushing time and consensus must be reached to make it happen we will know what we are voting for and what it looks like and I'll voice my opinion stronger if needed.
I do like to talk about these things already (like I have always done) on my personal blog and also get a feel of what the consensus is out there from other Steemians.
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I agree that Steem is no longer a bloggers platform, I call it the blockchain of opportunity. I also think SMT's/STEEM ENGINE tokens are the way to reward (blogging) communities.
I use Dtube and 3Speak interchangeably. I like supporting and using many apps on the blockchain, that's the reason.
Patience is a course of wisdom as regards the testnet. Most comments that I've read are negative. I will wait, blog and watch.