I agree, uptime and availability should be the ultimate focus at this point. And yes, it'll take time - likely through next year. At this point I just do not think it's the focus. It seems that Ned has his sights set on the next project, while the platform is at a critical juncture.
The SMT should be back burner and I agree with you that reprioritizing is vital at the moment.
@ned seems to be following in @dan's footsteps - on to the next best thing.
I wouldn't put Ned and Dan on the same level, Dan has paid a very steep price for making Steem FOSS...
You are quite right. I simply point out that @dan went on from Steem and no longer is working on making it better, and that now, @ned seems to be giving all his attention to SMT, and letting Steemit be practically unusable.
I didn't mean to imply that they are united in purpose or sentiment, merely that their actions are similar and similarly sequential.