No problem. I too look forward to the roll out of SMTs and do hope that they address some of the apparent deficiencies we have seen in Steemit. Like you, I feel the market is anticipating the launch of SMTs and perhaps that explains why the value of Steem and SBDs has risen. However, I feel their values would be further enhanced by foundational improvements to Steemit itself, and the rewards structure of the underlying blockchain as represented by it as its first proof of concept.

The transparency of the blockchain itself is what allows for these discussions to thrive - we all can see the positives and negatives, the good actors and the bad, etc. I recognize that this is all still a work in progress but for broader adoption to hasten, the little guy has to feel that his content has a shot at being seen. The Steem White Paper itself cautioned this: "Any imbalance in the give and take within a community is unsustainable. Eventually the givers grow tired of supporting the takers and disengage from the community."