Thanks for the mention.
Steemit, the website I think was never intended to give users a warm fuzzy feeling.
I couldn’t agree more and I definitely agree that it’s by design. Steemit only was meant to server as “centralized roll-out platform” to bring attention to the blockchain and find a core audience who would start promoting Steem.
As more HardForks followed, the platform matured and eventually became an attractive proposition for dApps to build on.
Sneak was already vocal about that at SteemFest 2. I think that gives us great stewards in Steemit Inc. Of course, they aren’t perfect but they definitely seem to know where to take the platform and they also seem to navigate the waters becoming a “real company” rather well.