That was the original marketing plan and seeing as Inc needed testers, and those testers were at times paid a lot, I don't think the original home page text was too far wrong.

Things have changed a lot since then though. Steemit Inc must be pretty happy that the code is solid, and looking at what else Steem can do is (rightly in my opinion) being focused upon.

Price has to be factored in to the drop in commentary, but I think I know what you are getting at :)