RE: WHY WE NEED TO BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT STEEMIT IS!
Good post buddy. I think all of us are trying to figure out what Steemit is and I think Steemit itself as a platform is figuring out what it is.
I question should Steemit be like a Reddit or a VBulletin where we post questions and discuss topics or should it be like Blogger where we each have our own platform and own thing going on or should it be a hybrid between the two?
One thing I don't want to see Steemit turn into is a big game where everyone is just on here running around liking and commenting on as much stuff as possible in the hopes of getting recurring upvotes comments and resteems. If it were to desolve to that point there's really nothing here but playing the game and new users won't come over here. I don't see it that way but that is something that could happen down the line.
I think what's kind of cool is we all play a part in shaping what it is and the more active we are the more of a vote we have in that.
Id like to see it embrace the blogging side. Become a WordPress and medium killer. A blogging platform centred around a community. It's doable we need to do some more work around curation and discoverability of content but the future is bright for Steemit providing we are able to accurately communicate to the outside world what it is and how to use it.
totally agree improved search function and maybe improve categories a bit.