I find it VERY interesting, that Hive account@ned and Hive account@steemitblog did not loose a single word about the current bandwidth problem, new users are experiencing on this platform. A solution for this is much needed! People can not even claim their rewards sometimes ...

In my opinion the main focus should lie on HF20 in order to improve the sign up process. We still have people who are waiting weeks for their confirmation email. And for the real good experience when starting on Steemit you may want to solve the current bandwidth problem too?!
The rest is hot air. Sorry.

I mean the communication and even the work done in summer and fall 2017 was great. I had great confidence in Steemit back then. But shortly after it became very very quiet. "Promised" and expected features were not delivered. But as it was written above, better not promise too much within a certain time-frame, because importance of development can change. I can understand that and I´m with you if you say: "we are not going to release it until we are satisfied that it meets our quality standards." Better make it right once, before you release a crappy product.

Blessed are to those who have enough bandwidth to not only write a comment but also post it to the blockchain. That´s real UE!