Thank you!

Yes the guest appearances were there to bring the content, only to be surrounded by a rather nervous looking English guy, who was in turn surrounded by hungry tiger mosquitoes.

Evolution perhaps, they are run by completely different people. Ones who do not need to focus on the blockchain/forks/business, and so can probably far exceed steemit incs dev. time for the 'window' to the blockchain.

Also I thought SMTs were supposed to work in conjunction with 'hives' so they're not necessarily mutually exclusive?

Good point :)

Glad you had a good day, overcast here but a welcome cooler day - barely reached 28 c!