My understanding is the Steemit is merely a frontend to accessing the info (posts) on the Steem blockchain. And that it was never meant to be the 'one and only app".

We now have Busy, Steempeak, eSteem, and Partiko as frontends, all of which work better and still allow us to post stuff.

There is also Steepshot for those who like to do the photo thing.

Steem Monsters operates on Steem, but you access it via any web browser, and I believe they're working on mobile app versions (that will seriously take up my bandwidth once that happens).

DTube is a video front-end. Vimm is a live-streaming front-end.

If the Steemit Inc (the company) focusses on development, and the other 'front-end' apps work on the apps, what's the big deal? We're all going rah-rah about decentralisation, and yet we're cracking the shits because one man and one company aren't taking the lead? Irony much?

Like I said, I'm not technical... but based on (real, 3D) conversations I've had with my friends who do earn a full-time living from this industry, I know that those kinds of decisions that your referring to are based on whether the infrastructure can handle the demands of the application. And that is fair enough... if another blockchain works better for your purposes, that's fine. And of course business decisions come into that too.

If I was to run something, I'd want to know that Steemit Inc (the company) were focussing on the development of the blockchain and the infrastructure. I wouldn't honestly care if Steemit (the app/front-end) wasn't around knowing there are others picking up the load. And in context of what I would like to do, it wouldn't matter because an online publication would be the front-end that I'm reaching out to public with... so whether they knew about Steemit, Busy, Steem Monsters would be irrelevant, so long as they people I'm trying to reach were coming to my product.

I'm equally drawn to Holo to host something, but mores because I feel its aligned with other visions and values I hold... If I could operate an SMT-based online magazine where creators receive payment from subscribers/readers from 'likes/upvotes' on a system that was completely decentralised (like Holo), that would be even more perfect.

Thanks for asking me the question, it got me thinking a bit more about stuff.... much appreciated. Hope everything goes well with your project... any chance of sharing a bit about what that is....? 😉

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