I am here on Steemit for a year and a half and I can't still find my way in it.
To illustrate that I going to propose something that may already exist somewhere in the "steem-o-sphere":
What I lack is a forum-like part of Steemit where you can easily navigate through the different threads, with a classic moderation, with easy to understand subdivisions and categories.
Like:
- Steemit: latest improvements
- Steemit: suggestions
- Steemit: report abuse
- Steemit: Steemit for Dummies
- Steemit: witnesses
- ...
Now al this information is spread around over a myriad of posts, you are supposed to join "discord channels" and "telegram groups" to create a "community" etc. while these damn things should all be incorporated here on Steemit in a easy to find way.
For the dinosaurs among us, remember good ole "Geocities"? Would be nice if we could create something like the updated version of this here on Steemit, Steem, Steam, or whatever the right name is.
Maybe we should get rid of "Steem" all together as there already is something like 
@pagandance I myself as a new user that is new to blockchain in general, and not a tech person,i feel I represent what this place is seeking, in terms of mass appeal aka as a successful venture.
That is a steemian that is patient,
capable,and willing to be onboard for this innovative platform.Currently, that's a full-time job, and a big ask,like huge. It's going to be difficult to get your average human being to invest any heart and soul into into this place or even begin to navigate the sea of disconnected fragmented nearly impossible to digest lingo. That being said I appreciate your honesty and approach, and would add a lingo section to explain the terminology both germaine to steemian life as well as blockchain technology in general. Take the approach of being a nursery for plankton, not a perfect storm tpyphoon where new plankton don't even see themselves as Minnow food. The investors, devs, etc involved here are so enmeshed with their ecosystem they can't possibly remove themselves from it. Hence, the pervasive circle jerks or feel of a lonely gamer sitting in a dark basement that is the essence of the entire ecosystem, agree with me or not my opinion is guaranteed to be echoed by any current or future new users as things are.
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If you're not a techie, then this Steem(it) thingie has an incredible steep learning curve.
For a comparison, when I upload a video on Youtube that I shot handheld and thus has lots of shakiness and movements, I use the Youtube "stabiliser" function in stead of using a video editing program, because I find these to cumbersome to use.
A platform that wants to attract and retain people should make things easier and not more difficult, or all what you get left is a few mancave nerds chatting with each other tinkering on the latest improvement and discussing its possible drawbacks, while the big world outside moves on.
Precisely my sentiments. I comment on this often, as I am interested in being a part of this process, but my opinions generally, no strike that, always fall on deaf ears, because why would anyone that's looking to improve UX care about the opinion of a user, (sarcasm) I also realize full well it can come off a bit disrespectful to voice out about something I didn't develop,but that's exactly the nature of beta isn't it, sometimes I feel this is forgotten here, and people take shit way to personally.
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