I like where they're going and hope that it helps with the trending page. The star system is a good alternative to flagging. That way you can give your personal view without necessarily causing revenge flagging.

The idea that Steemit will be retired poses a bit of concern for me at the moment. I'm using partiko a lot more now as I use a tablet, however, I still use Steemit to format the post and upload photos because partiko doesn't let me upload them in a certain place and doesn't show certain formatting. I tried Steempeak, but it wouldn't work for me on a mobile device.

Hopefully they won't retire it until there are better options for mobile devices.