Update: Steemit is working actively on performance, always. Any root issues are being diagnosed and solved for.
Is that not an acknowledgement of an issue that they are trying to work on? What that says to me is they haven't found the the root issue that is causing the problems you are seeing. BUT, they are working on trying to figure out the issue so that it can be fixed. I think the last thing they want is people to actually move over to busy.org or eSteem. They definitely want to retain all of their users.
If people don't trust it, they just need to do research into it. Complaining will do NOTHING. Spend the time that Steemit is having issues to understand how Steem actually works. Understanding that Steemit it not Steem..... And that it is just a intermediary to help you talk with the blockchain.
:] Thanks for your response!