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Because with all of the $$$$ @ned has raked in with the Steem they've sold (MILLIONS $$$ worth), they have plenty of funds to make this site what it should be.

Now, obviously all of that $ has made them lazy so it's up to us to ensure they use it properly and not on hookers and blow (like they probably are).

I 100% Agree with this.

But what is worse is that SteemIt BARELY uses their own Network.
So they Pre-Mine a fortune out of the Crypto and then wait on EVERYONE ELSE to pump value into the Crypto that they didn't EARN but instead just TOOK right off the top for themselves.

And over a year in Beta, these guys have the audacity (or ignorance) to promote the new paint job and a NEW Token... while the entire network remains almost unusable.

This will be an interesting end of the year because I'm expecting ANYTHING ELSE will come on the scene to replace this mistake.

Anyone familiar with large inflows of VC/startup capital to inexperienced individuals knows the hookers and blow is 100% correct.

The "hookers and blow" made me spray coffee out my nose, thanks

better than spraying blow out of your nose

Don't know about better, but less expensive. Although with what Starbucks charges that's starting to get debatable.

Okay, and how do you propose we do that? I ask seriously because I want this to be the awesome platform it can be.

By doing exactly what he did 🙄 He made a public post about it to draw attention to the glaring issues

Those posts are a dime a dozen (literally) on steemit. After 2 days here, you're just about ready to type up a rant. I've done it a bunch of times. But since bernie here has more followers and probably a better understanding of Steemit than I, I was hoping for actual operative suggestions. Otherwise I wouldn't be commenting here but instead investing time in creating worthy original content of my own.

that is not the point

Well for one, his original post says he used another service to submit his post, making it known he knows how to find and use other services to create Steem content. Thus making your suggestion seem like you didn’t even read his post entirely.

I am pretty sure I did. Maybe brain farted. I just don't understand why steemit.com being a slow crappy piece of poo has anything to do with steem trying to grow into a place what reward quality content. Like it was meant to be, I believe.

Maybe we shouldn't have to trust our keys to another platform? Did you have a look at Steemconnect?

You can even not revoke services from its admin panel. WTH.

Hmm... no. I didn't actually look. Good point.