Hive account@yabapmatt, VOICE is not competitor of Steem if still anyone have doubts regarding it. The most important thing is, no matter what we think or don't think change should be arrive or change will arrive itself.

I am not good in Marketing or never pursued those skills but no matter which business, to reach masses we need Marketing. We are lacking Users on Steem Blockchain due to lack of Marketing, whatever Steemians are doing that's appreciable too because we all know that we see effective numbers on this platform but it's not enough for Huge Marketing (Collectively with proposed channel of marketing can be thinkable point) because we don't have any Institutional Investors or Giant Promotion Companies, so with this Decentralised Ecosystem we will see slow progress but in my opinion ground work will give strong foundation for the future.

Good to know that you are ready to cooperate with other Witnesses to carryon with both models smoothy if possible. And at this point of time we need Togetherness more than ever because we are already watching the Breakdown System of Centralised Platforms and many are losing their expression and voice on these platforms. This is the practical time to show the true light of Steem and to let the world know that there is a platform where every voice is heard.

At last i really agree with you on one point and that is Steem Blockchain is Factory Of Applications and Businesses and Communities can Monetise their user interfaces with the help of Smart Media Token Protocol.

Your development efforts and view points are really appreciable. Stay blessed.