On the final point, absolutely I think there should be a DAO funded central point of information and communication - one point of reference and contact.
There's no reason why this can't have a fairly large 'staff' and degree of circulation and also there's nothing to stop other people doing their own marketing if this existed anyway.
If people don't feel it represents them, they can just put it on their profile.
I say this because I've been looking at the numerous shitcoins that are above Hive in the market rankings and something like NRG or MaidSafe for example look much better because they have those funky one point of reference websites displaying all the things people can't do on their chains - Hive needs something to match, a more professional all singing all dancing way-in.
RE: The status of Hive communication - Let's improve it!