Great post and thank you for bringing this very important topic up. Scalability is the most important thing in having a successful, thriving business. Knowing that the Steem leadership is looking to address this issue now before opening up the floodgates to new users gives me more optimism for the long term growth of Steemit. First impressions are everything in business and most people are concerned more with functionality vs look/design. It doesn't matter how nice the house is, if there's foundation issues, eventually it will crumble and collapse.
Running Steemit like a business has been a concern of mine. I've seen a lot of time and energy being focused on ideological topics and not a lot of discussion on some primary topics which will increase the overall "value" of Steem and Steemit. Topics that's immediately come to mind are availability in regards to the exchanges and monetary usefulness on an every day basis, as in a Steem credit card or debit card that would allow SBDs or Steem it's self to be used in every day transactions the world over. Increasing awareness of these 2 issues and implementing solutions to ensure both become reality will bring incredible excitement to the community and the crypto world in general and show Steemit is at the forefront of solving real world problems and making Steemit a viable currency option that people can use. As I learn more and more about crypto and the individual coins, utility and especially leadership is becoming more and more important for me in determining my long term investing strategy. For example, the Dash leadership I believe really "get it" and run their coin like a business. I feel they know where they're going and how they're going to get there. I also feel very confident in EOS with Dan, so hearing the Steemit leadership are focusing on scalability vs acquiring new members makes me feel better.
Speed is the key in this space as the competition is fierce and is only going to get more so with all the money to be made. I love Steemit and hope our leadership will fix these issues as quickly as possible and push to make Steemit and Steem the world leader in not only social media, but in implementing Steem or SBDs as a viable day to day currency. Whichever coins can solve these problems and be first to market to bypass the BTC gatewaty to fiat will explode.
Here's a great video by @fyrstikken Thought you might like it. Have a great day brother!
Awesome reply man, once again! I have faith in the Steemit leadership too. And that video made me chuckle :)