The silence towards the growing discontent should be concerning to the platform.
The discontent has been growing for months now with nothing to quell the many concerns brought to the forefront. I don't know about the rest of you but silence and inaction only enforces my own personal concerns.
So much that I actually cashed out my SBD today because I don't see any reason to invest it into SP.
We can all try to make this platform what it potentially can be, but it is not going to happen without support from the top down. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem the top has any interest. Cashing out and remaining silent should be a HUGE fucking red flag to anyone with functioning neurons.
What I find disheartening is most of the comments and community interaction right now is on posts like this one pointing out the flaws and ways to improve Steemit. But yet the payouts are shit, meanwhile in trending is another bullshit regurgitated "live your life" better crap post by a couple of the same shitty writers, or should I say "outsourced writers."
I also read, curate and comment. Currently I use my curation to try to encourage others rather than to make money. (I also want to see this work) My vote is worth nearly nothing, so a comment and letting someone know a human stopped by might keep someone in the game.
I am also very bothered by the silence of the "leaders", and discouraged by the lack of transparentcy. I am new to crypto, but I find I would have to change all of my criteria for investment in order to put much money into SteemIt.
WE ARE NOT DEAD YET. Keep pounding the drums.