After the last hard fork and how that went down, and how it's still affecting people with low RCs, I had to wonder what was going on, @frames. Something just hasn't been right.
I can see this layoff and refocusing on costs and mission being the best thing that could have happened to Steemit Inc., but things like this shouldn't really happen in the first place. At least, not to the degree that it did, and still not manage to deliver on times, and now put in jeopardy the delivery of SMTs.
I do believe the price of STEEM will rise again, along with the broader market, I'm just hoping that it won't become business as usual if it does.