Hey there, many thanks for this informative post and particularly the great effort you have made in building steemit up. I have read all the comments too so far here, and see the problems, the reactions and the solutions offered. There seem to be great community members and solutions, so Steemit is looking hopeful. It has great potential. In time the right people will coalesce and improve Steemit, the platform. It is here to stay, as long as the leaders don't scupper the steemship. 

Come on guys we can do this, we have come so far, let's keep up the brilliant work. we have a revolutionary concept on so many levels - social, economic, intellectual, technical, political, etc. Now we need to be mature and evolved as people. we need to bring our best personality qualities to the fore and avoid the human error in this excellent concept.