Steemit can be very well private if you keep one account for social interaction, another(or many) for other purposes and do not tie both together.
When Steemit Inc CEO have desided to do it otherways it was his own private choice, but the market is definetly evaluating this choice.
In the current situation I do expect the VHL team to make the same choice. You want to keep "private" where the funds credited to VHL by CH is gone, keep "private", where the funds deposited on TQ is gone, but at the same time expect to

re-built confidence and support

Thats not how things are working. To hand over new shiny williamcoins is not enough to

re-built confidence and support

Anyway, quoting from a @vivacoin post from a few month ago

In our last update we had a list of questions that we are seeking answers to. The community on Discord had further questions and we are including them here for posterity as we seek answers to share in future updates. These questions include:
Where are the funds that went to NAOME?
Where are the funds that went to Chase?
Why did Dawn get crypto sent to her Poloniex account? Who is holding her responsible?
What’s up with Steve’s bittrex account? How are funds being taken care of on behalf of the users?
Founders got paid regularly while funds were disappearing. How does a startup justify this?

What was the purpose of

seeking answers to

these questions ?
Wasn't it

to share in future updates ?