Excellent post. I appreciate that you really put your heart into this.

Sorry I missed this months photo-games but sometimes life gets in the way!

I think hive-mind and communities will be a big breakthrough . I also think Steemit.com might just tweak the algorithm for calculating the trending pages so that upvote is not the only metric and have potentially multiple trending options in account settings for how trending is set. We are already seeing third parties applications do this.

I am looking forward to seeing some block-chain photographic competition (ONO/Appics/etc) as it will force Steemit to innovate more quickly which is a good thing for everyone. 6000 real photographers by the end of the year? That sounds both exhausting and exciting at the same time!

Thanks for all the thoughtful discussions over the past 4 months!