I think there was a lot of misplaced trust in Steemit. There have been several red flags with Steemit for years. The excessive power downs, lack of development, empty promises, lack of interest in Steem from Ned and so on.
Hive is very promising but there is still a lot of work to be done.
Exactly, it's a baby yet need to make it grow bigger and better. The mistakes happened on Steem should not be repeated here