You talked a lot about Steemit Inc's role as a developer and operator last week, and that was really informative. I'd like to hear more about how you see the future of Steemit Inc's role as Steem's largest stakeholder.

What are Steemit Inc's plans to get out of this crisis, besides the cost reduction strategy?

What actions are you going to take to regains people's trust?

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Why was the Steemit.com UI pumped up and promoted so much by leadership at Steemit, Inc, only to be virtually left on the scrap heap while other avenues are pursued? Some of us poured a lot of time, resources, and energy into this UI based on the idea that this was a project that was high-priority, and that we would be out of beta at some point, trying to mainstream.

Seems like a bunch of folks on top made some cash, and have now moved on, leaving the rest of us in the lurch.

Hi Ned and Steemit team,

I really appreciate the last update about cost savings. Willing to see all of them implementated as soon as possible.
First of all apologies if I make any mistake in english as it is not my main language.

My questions are really concrete and I would like to hear also a concrete answer if possible.


1) Did you consider implementing any new income stream for steemit.com or Steemit INC?

-If yes: Is advertising on steemit.com one of them? Which are the ones you are considering?
-If not: Why not? What are the plans to make Steemit INC sustainable in the future appart from cutting costs?

(This has been on discussion among the community last days and I think a lot of Steemians would love to hear your thoughts and plans if any)
If you didn't have any we would love to hear it also.

Best regards.

Can we please have tokens ASAP? It's the best way to expand Steem and probably the best way to restore a lot of peoples' confidence in the project.

What is your strategy to bring money into the Steem Ecosystem? Steem and Steemit need to increase the cash inflow. You can't rely only on speculation on STEEM and SMTs.

You can reduce the costs, but you need to bring "real" money. Otherwise, if the cryptomarket doesn't recover fast enough, Steemit Inc is in danger.

It's great to see that you are putting realistic and achievable plans in place and not only that but to be fair you're trying to show more of what is happening which we all appreciate. So thanks for that.

Obviously you have let go a lot of staff which will require a re organization of people and planning which makes perfect sense in the current environment but i hope that you will consider the fact that you a have a community of thousands willing and able to pick up some of the slack from this and steem inc doesn't have to go it alone. It's to all of our benefit that the blockchain is successful and there is an enormity of talent and brain power at your disposal to further this goal. 

You have said that unfortunately you took on too broad a scope and that stretched steem inc further than it could go in the current market. In my opinion the solution to a lot of this are the apps currently developing and the apps yet to come. It's my belief that the priority for steem inc should be providing the best possible platform for these apps to develop and start earning external money. Once this is happening they will be able to cover a lot of the costs of running the blockchain through either charges or beneficiary posting on the chain. There are millions to be made from running successful apps so a blockchain running thousands of these should more than be able to cover the costs of running the platform that they are operating on.

>My question to you is what is your priority going forward and how can we best facilitate the creation of all of these apps in the fastest and easiest way possible. 
If you can create a roadmap to this, the apps will be able to create revenue and onboard users without any help from steem inc and allow you to focus on the development of the blockchain which was the original purpose. 
If you can set out a road map for this and pinpoint exactly what is need to do it then i have no doubt that there are users here willing to take on some of those tasks and facilitate and speed up the process.

<b> We are all in this together so i hope that you have seen form a lot of the posts during the week that we want to help and to be part of the process. You might not have the staff but you do have the people so reach out and use that to all of our advantage. You have been more open with the community and we can see how much will there is among it's users to improve the system and to bring it forward. I hope you won't let that go to waste. </b>

Thanks for reading and i hope that some people would agree with my sentiments towards working together to create a better platform for all of us.

Can you address the issue of whales terrorizing smaller accounts ? Can you limit the amount of damage they can inflict on people ? This is destroying user base ...

Did you talk to Justin Sun, if yes, how was the conversation?

It was touched upon a little bit in a post from @andrarchy. Have you determined who your target customer base is? Do you see steemit as a repository type site for app developers? a repository/host site for professional bloggers? A cryptocurrency site for people to learn about what they are and how to use them? Or as a social media site, a place for people to visit interact with become part of a community in a more friendly manner than facebook or youtube?

Steemit is a lot of things to a lot of people, all the various groups above all have their own little sub groups, so to sort of boil it down, 'has any thought been put into figuring out who your customer base is'?

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Have you gals and guys thought about adding some business expertise to Steem Inc's staff? It is pretty obvious to all that you are currently lacking this skill set.

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Hi @ned, thanks for your transparency and I am sure it is a difficult time to go through. I have a few questions,

1) What is Steemit Inc's role in the future of the Steem platform/blockchain? I understand that Steemit Inc is the main developer for the Steem platform/blockchain. But is there something the community can do to help in terms of development of the underlying core platform?
2) What is Steemit Inc's main revenue source now and how is the company going to grow it?
3) With so many other Steem web interfaces already built, does it still make sense to keep Steemit.com? How much cost reduction can we get if we just shut it down?
4) If the key concerns here are revenue and cost, how is SMT going to help? I view completing SMT development more as a fulfilment of promise. You will gain trust but I don't see it having much of an impact on the bottomline of Steemit Inc.

Thanks!

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<center>Excellent @ned and what honor you want to know the concerns and questions of the community.
They really distinguish you for the closeness you favor with us and your evident interest in supporting us.
My question is: How have you managed to merge such a fantastic idea as the Platform is with your day to day? Or maybe everything happened backwards?

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Excelente @ned y que honor el que desees conocer las inquietudes y preguntas de la comunidad.
Realmente te distinguen por la cercanía que propicias con nosotros y tu evidente interés por apoyarnos.
Mi pregunta es ¿Cómo haz logrado fusionar una idea tan fantástica como lo es la Plataforma con tu día a día? o ¿tal vez todo sucedió al revés?</center>

Where is STEEM INC?
Why can not I find my company's information?
How many employees are there? How much annual sales do you have?

Does STEEM INC only analyze / develop the technology for the block chain?
I am worried about your company as an investor of Steem. If your company is not a problem, I think my steem will be maintained.