Thanks for your take on this, @jassennessaj.
Having watched nearly all of Ned's livestream today, I've been kind of shaking my head more. I have nothing to do with Steemit or their inner workings, but I have ran a business, and on the face of it, it looked like they were trying to be all things to all people, when really, they couldn't and shouldn't be all things.
According to Ned, they drifted from their central mission—global adoption of a cryptocurrency, and making the best blockchain. Which, on the surface, seems odd, since Steemit the dApp is hardly a next gen, cutting edge interface. So what were all those other employees doing if they weren't working on the blockchain?
At any rate, it leaves me wondering at it all, even if the impact on STEEM itself proves to be negligible.