Well said, I'm in complete agreement with all of this in its entirety! I have stuck around because of the untapped potential I see that others like yourself also see.
I need to check out your post that's been referenced a few times lately. And also follow you and/or convince you to become a witness lol..
I was solely focusing on the blogging aspect as that's what seemed to be the crux of this discussion here. I'm not into pissing in the wind or saving time in a bottle. But, I do like the songs. I am into blogging but only because I don't have anything else to currently offer this platform.
I got drilled by a steemian for expressing my views on what I feel a witnesses responsibility is here in my eyes. Being that this isn't just a POW chain and there is more to witnessing than securing the chain for consensus witnesses. As you said in its simplest form they need to approve or decline code from a is this innovative and efficient for the technology. But, for now I will quote a whale that's a witness that said "blogging is still the best game on steem" and until we define this place or have the communities and SMTs that bring utility and more use cases I get that we all feel compelled to do something..
Steem is different things to different people and I'm a late arrival compared to the emotionally and financially motivated users that are entrenched in that mind state. I never expected lambos or moons and I would appreciate a culture that doesn't focus on rewards only.