Great reply, @onetin84, thank you!
I think it's accurate to say I do have some doubts. As I mentioned, I don't quite understand or agree with the communication styles of Ned or Sneak and they represent the leadership of the company. I was certainly delighted about aspects of what I learned (how great the dev team is, for example), but also had some concerns (they will get burned out if kept on this pace for too long). I don't have 100% trust, and I'm not even sure what could ever give me that level of trust. This is pioneering stuff here which requires new approaches, new tools, and new economics. I don't think anyone really knows what will happen, so some skepticism is wise, IMO.
I too would like to see more communication during times of turmoil. Maybe we'll see that more in the future as the team grows and the technology stack settles. Either way, STEEM ON seems like a great approach for now because this is an amazing blockchain, an amazing team, and an incredible community. That definitely delights me with no double negatives involved. :)
I think everything is so young now, the team incrementally improves itself on the journey, it's abilities to communicate and also to set realistic goals while maintaining the enthusiasm for a big impact in the scene. Everything needs time and patience. If i look for the start since 2016 it's amazing what was accomplished so far as you mentioned, a staggering pace to build such user and content base from nothing. If i look at the beginnings of Facebook, to be fair the technology was far behind of now but they needed many years to build what it is now, the look, feel, easy handling for all platforms and the great integration everywhere.
In the end and that's my point of view it's better to build one uniqe and outstanding product than many mediocre fireball like concepts. Because no one pays for mediocrity, just for the best and so Steemit should be one of the key elements in the strategy to show the world how a perfect example, also for SMT can look like, like a beacon in the darkness.
Thank you for the thoughts on that!