Glad to see I am definitely not alone. I've mentioned throughout my year here on Steemit how the UI is poor, how many changes should be made to prioritise both new and older content, and how discouraging it can be when posting feels like throwing a bottle into the ocean.
This site has so much potential, and it's just disappointing to see such few improvements made (outside of the technicals) to really make this site better.
The good thing about STEEM is that someone could and hopefully will make a superior UI. It's sort of embarrassing that they still are in beta for some reason, that in and of itself takes credibility away and could be fixed with a new logo.