Thank you for your post-

TBH we need a sexy design, chat/private messaging, a fancy post editor, the ability to pin or save posts, and an EASY way to purchase STEEM. IMO these items will attract average users that are seeking a new social site... The fact that our members ARE LEAVING STEEMIT to chat on discord is insane. Business 101 is to keep your members on your site for as long as possible, no?

I love the idea of embracing shorter posts.. in fact Hive account@inertia just posted about it so apparently there is a want, too https://steemit.com/steemit/@inertia/feature-request-share-a-link

My sister and I started Hive account@steempowertwins and our aim is to bring more life to the platform through personalized video comments. We have already received an overwhelming amount of reaction/support. More exciting ideas will be implemented soon, but it shows that our community is begging for some personalization!