Steemit may well be at a crossroad but I suspect that, like most things related to group efforts, Steemit will just continue to muddle along. The lofty visions and goals will fade until Steemit is just another platform of no significance. Some folks will have made a LOT of money but most of us will just lament the lost potential of a great experiment.
How many successful revolutions quickly fail to realize the values they espoused? How many rebellions succeed only to install a worse condition on the people? Forgive me for being jaded and maybe even cynical but if we look at history humans as a collective are doomed to continually repeat their mistakes. Whoever said we should study history so that we don't repeat our mistakes was a prankster.
But what we humans can do is to build our personal relationships and local collectives but even for that to work we must learn to be selfless. Few are will to go that far.
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I wouldn't go so far, but I understand your point of view.
There's a lot of disappointment that is not addressed, and that's actually the point I really don't understand. Simply listening to the community would be a huge step forward, but it seems as if ideas for improvement are always seen as criticism.
There's not only one contructive debate on Steemit anymore.
Since a couple of weeks I'm powering down all I have. I always said that I'd never do that, but look at me now. I just swim with the tide :-)
If you're on the right beach swimming with the tide can be a wonderful thing; what you don't want is to be on the wrong beach swimming against the tide!