Yep, I agree as well and it for sure is something that is discussed a lot.. and is quite frustrating. We need to be focusing on user experience, that’s just common sense.

I will say that based on what I’ve been told, these sort of developments were previously difficult to implement. As they had to be done in the code of the chain itself, which meant forks, and front end changes alone were not seen as a reason for multiple forks. With the hivemind development though, these code changes are no longer needed, and these sorts of front end changes can be done easier. So I am told.

There are many things that have been suggested and are on sort of an ongoing “list”.. resteems with comment and donations are some of those suggested features as well as the ability for an author to “pin” posts on their blog (like is seen on steemit.com for Steemit Inc.), also categories etc. So, hopefully.. hopefully we will see more of these rolling out soon.

I believe the development of the chain itself has always taken main stage and that means the actual UX of the Steemit site has been far down on the list.. I also think it’s absurd.. because as you said, we need to make a good product if we actually want someone to use it.

But the Steemit Inc. company had all these plans and then things happened.. they seem to be trying to find their place again, but yeah.. I think they have always been a bit detached from reality. Time to realize they need some experts and hire them 🙂

Thanks for listening to us rant and adding your feedback as well. I agree with you on most points. And even though Steem itself is more than just a blogging platform... blogging is a pretty core function of it currently, and it’s silly to ignore our user base. We have to change.

Oh, and don’t get me started on the community manager lol.. I rant about this daily. It’s so needed that it is painful!