Thanks for this, genuinely useful for those of us not here from the beginning.

Boy does the entire crypto world suffer from a catastrophic over emphasis on cool tech and mathematical wizardry. I'm not the biggest fan of marketing skilz but they are needed along the line and UI needs to be much better though through. I'm hoping I can bring more people to Steem. This whole place feels like it could be on the verge of an insane growth if only it could focus on use rather than introverted discussions on technical aspects of the platform.