I think the biggest problem of STEEM is the reliance on Steemit yes. I think the STEEM project would be far better off if instead of going the corporate route with Steemit Inc, the main interface would instead be an open-source produced one. I think if the development of Steemit was done through open-source it would probably have been a lot better by now in many different aspects. And at this point it may even be a necessity because it looks like relying on Steemit Inc to fix the issues isn't going to work either.

I've never liked that 95% of Steemians use Steemit anyway. If STEEM is supposed to be centralized then it makes no sense to have such centralization around Steemit (the website). It is for this reason that I switched to Busy.org long ago.

But honestly, we need a _'Linux of STEEM'_. And ideally, an actual usable desktop client which allows you to post and not only transfer. It's not really censorship resistant if the domain owners function as bottlenecks that can simply block you, IMO.

I totally agree but without a strong incentive structure it is difficult to gather talent to help build the foundation.  Witnesses will be working towards this end but resources are limited unless developers are encouraged by the potential of the ecosystem and the future potential value of the cryptocurrencies themselves.  I only wish I knew the technical aspects of it all to assist but I fall short of that; all I have is my stake in the ecosystem to support the community of developers that will assist in building the future and decentralizing the ecosystem over time.

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I agree.

What is your opinion of Utopian?  I've had getting involved there on my TODO list for a long time now.  To me it looks the closest thing to a developer centric DAC for STEEM?  Maybe the answer comes out of there?

I am not a developer myself... Just a simple writer and a poet. But somehow I understand the anger to want to fix a whole community. I joined Steemit to polish my writing skills and earn something while doing it but this whole year has taught me a tough lesson about all of it. 

It's hard to get many people to read my work or help me grow as a writer and the bear market is upon us. I think if we paid attention to each other over ranting about who ain't doing what, we would determine the future of Steem but we rarely do. Bots are here to make sure we satisfy our selfishness not help build a collapsing community. 

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I think there are a few good teams out there but like everything in the world it's a matter of incentive. If most of the developers were whales they would want to see their stock rise. 
However many are not. And the few that work hard to develop the platform don't get compensated well. 

@ned should look into outsourcing some work. It will promote Community involvement and boost general feeling of togetherness.

> They weren't going to do anything about the difficulty to find good Steem posts, or Trending sucking donkey balls. 

LMAO! *ahhhh...* I appreciate the humour you bring into this. But besides making me laugh, you're totally right: Steem needs leadership, cooperation, and a way to properly utilize the talents each individual can bring to the blockchain. Thanks for stepping up and putting this out there. I hope people can band together and get things organized so that the growth happens more effectively and we aren't left with that frustration of not knowing what to do to move things in the right direction.

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>We need people, especially witnesses, to step forward, and organize the community, to do development on Steem, and possibly the front-ends as well. All of these projects are open source, and we all need to help contribute to them.

I agree totally. I'm actually working on a project right now to organize all of the active communities on the blockchain so that new and veteran users can find communities based on topics that interest them. 

It will be ready for release soon. We're also working on a DApp of Open Mic that will be open source so other music communities will be able to use it.

As a witness, I think it's time we just do it instead of waiting for Steem Inc. to do it for us.