However, I'm very disappointed with the organic growth STEEM and steemit has had since the summer.

the question is... how many people are waiting for account activation. From my experience, a lot! This is what slows our growth.

Having some different branches of the STEEM ecosystem try out something new for the rest to observe and take notes is something that I am all for

I totally understand that. That's why I decided to also share my ideas for alternative approaches. Actually we can test multiple things at the same time.