RE: Steemians: Hold Your Horses...STEEM Development is Long-Term
I have a serious tendency to agree with most everything you are saying. It's hard to be first and we are definitely first. Way ahead of the curve.
I have some concerns with Steemit. I know the blockchain can scale like mad. Can the website? Are you sure?
It looks to me like memberships are held until there is a certain number then approved. They certainly aren't approved in bulk every day. The transactions at Steemit really haven't changed since the first of the year, yet sometimes it is impossible to post, comment or vote. For considerable stretches of time.
Both of those point to possible scaling problems to me. I think if the site would handle more traffic we'd have more members and the bottleneck of registration would go away.
I think if the site would scale up easily we'd have an API that would allow businesses to come to Steemit. It should be perfect for at least some businesses. It isn't, and I suspect intentionally. An API, by itself, shouldn't be that hard to write.
But for the most part you are correct. We are the pioneers, and it's our job to make a place for the cities. If you build it, they will come.
@bigtom13 I agree that there are some things that are intentional like holding down the number of sign ups approved. I think the development team is trying to make sure the system isnt overloaded.
And yes, as I mentioned, the website itself leaves a bit to be desired. There are issues with it. Will they correct it in time? If they do not, I am sure the other interefaces will completely take over (I think they might anyway). Steemit might end up being just how people sign up and after that, they move to other applications.