Outside of the Steemit.com user interface there are no flags. They are downvotes. Just a reminder.

Aside from the usual controversies though, I'm very happy to hear witnesses are frustrated with the UI developement pace of Steemit.

The entire network would do a whole lot better if we could just have a site that looked a tiny bit flashier and had a little more engaging features aside from the money making.

Same goes for Bitshares Openledger; The technology is there, but it doesn't exactly look sexy or work as seamlessly as the average BTC exchange.

Now, a lot of people are likely to respond that "It's NOT your average social media or exchange" and that's fine. But if we intend to be the best, then why should we continue to lower the standard used for meassurement? And why do so many power users gravitate towards using other platforms instead as soon as the Steem price starts getting a little bearish?

Some tough love.... I love the Steem project and what some innovative people have done to radically improve on this ecosystem, but Steemit clearly is lagging way behind. We don't need to know the exact details of what kind of work they've been doing behind the scene as of late in order to conclude this. If the site looked and worked better, then we would have much faster user growth - even though it has picked up a lot as of late, not thanks to the state of this site - and Steemit very likely would have had more resources to work with as well.

No PR campaign can fix this.

I really don't like to nag and complain much about this site. In the long run, it shouldn't even be the center of this network. But right now, Steemit inc obviously has a huge influence.

So I wonder, how many employes Steemit has coding a fresher looking website right now. Something more estheticaly pleasing, that draws you in and keeps you engaged no matter if you make money or not. Where are those simple little features that will enable this site to compete with Synereo or a similar competitor in the not so distant future?

I leave you with this open question.

Have great day everyone, including Steemit inc, independent developers, whales. Hope you got something of value and that you don't think I got too ranty in my comment. There's no anger in my mind as I write this, just perhaps a different perspective than some have on this situation.

Also written on my phone, so there's the risk of spelling errors etc. Might make a post out of this later.

/Thomas