Thank you for not correlating STEEM price to @ned showing up. It just rubbed me the wrong way to read or hear publication that Ned caused the price of STEEM to increase when that was not true. Those statements can cause readers/viewers to idolize Ned for something that he did not do. My fear is that people would start believing that Ned's presence would save STEEM and forget that STEEM listing on exchanges is severely lacking and needs work. I apologize for being so rash in previous comments. Perhaps I should also learn to accept inaccurate information and just let it go.
I really did enjoy the State of Steem Forum #4. You really got Ned to give us some insight on Steemit Inc that I never thought would ever see the light of day. Particularly the number of employees and what their duties are. I also liked that Ned reassured us that the accounts were not going to be liquidated on the exchanges. Whether that holds true in the future is not a guarantee.
It is also interesting that Ned seems to have a revival of interest toward Steemit.com. I was expecting that Ned would not focus at all on Steemit.com so that other front-ends could take on user dominance as it was a financial burden to Steemit Inc. Seems like they did a 180 primarily due to advertising revenue.