thank you for summarizing your thoughts - the points you highlighted are very interesting .

And you are right, there are so many positive things and improvements being made about steemit, it's easy to forget that!
Steemfest will be a major event and I'm sure it will influence the atmosphere on the platform for the better and will maybe also influence the steem price.

Your article is a great summary of all the positive and negative things that are currently going on in steemit, what people are having problems with and what can be improved.
With projects like the robin hood whale or project curie we can already see positive change!
We can't forget that steemit is still in Beta and I'm sure that many features (like core features of a social media platform, like you mentioned) will be integrated much more.
We're all excited for the future of steemit!