For me, one of Steem(it)'s original problems was that it became a bit stagnant... as you say, no changes. Lots of promises, but no action to back it up. Then came the split, and now Steem feels a bit like someone took a "snapshot" at the time of the split a an we are stuck forever in that exact moment.

Yes, it's nice that the recent uptrend in token values are bringing back a few "old faces." I've had a couple pop by and comment in the past two weeks... whether they actually "return" remains to be seen.

Thanks for the Booming nomination; I always appreciate those extra votes... sometimes I look back at some of my old posts and find it mildly amazing that I actually had more than a handful of posts that earned $200.00+!