Don't misinterpret what I said. People on the inside care about inside posts, but those inside posts don't appeal to anyone on the outside, because most of it won't make sense to them. Posts that appeal to outside eyes have the potential to draw in new account holders, but those posts are rarely rewarded as well as posts meant for the inside, so it's kind of backwards.
Go ahead and write it. People here still care.
Fair point, and again I agree. I think there's an unhealthy amount of navel-gazing in the steem community, with lots of posts about "the state of steem". Or, maybe I need to adjust my bubble and unfollow some people I followed in the early days.
@soyrosa's point in an earlier comment thread about getting the app offering together is totally on the money.
My experience as a music fan and husband of an author on her 10th year of being on the verge of overnight success tells me...
Blogging on the internet has been overtaken by social media as it is a more effective way of reaching an audience (even if it's small, good engagement makes it passionate).
Social media apps break through all the time, as along as they're easy to use and early adopters are seen to be having fun with them, and they do something new or better than their predecessor in that niche. Some flourish more than others, but sometimes they clear the field (Facebook destroyed MySpace, but Twitter and Instagram and WhatsApp are still sparring).
Social media is dominated by applications, not by platforms. Make Steem invisible on the UI and you'll lose the geek vote, but hopefully gain more teens, and thus gain traction.