And what a fine 2 cents they are :)
I would guess that Steemit inc. are busy with HiveMind, Communities, and SMT and perhaps need to keep these things top of the list, as they are top of the roadmap for 2018.
The rewards structure is being altered with the next fork with regards to curation rewards, and so taking the advice of one of last years commentators, are tweaking one thing at a time.
It does feel at times like the folks distributing their votes and playing by ideals are keeping this place afloat, but perhaps it's not as bad as I think? Let's us hope that this is true, and review is planned following the next set of changes.
Thanks for your input here! :)