I agree with you and told him as much in Lisbon. Sneak and I have had... interesting interactions. Sometimes I don't understand where they are coming from and try to gain as much value from the conversation as I can, but sometimes I'm just like, "Huh?"

That said, the point of prioritizing first things first does make sense. When Steemit, inc was falling down hard, focusing on marketing and promotion and user retention doesn't make sense as something to prioritize.

I think Steemit has a nice head start and many people are still excited about the idea of getting paid for content here, but I also think they need to get some code in production quickly or, as you said, they will have trouble "staying in business." Their communication efforts lately are a big improvement from what we saw in the past, and I'm quite happy about that. There's still room for improvement in many other areas, especially demonstrating care for new users here.