"We need doers and action takers if this platform is to succeed."
That's exactly my point. We don't need to @ned to be the guy to do all the things.
You're quite in agreement with me, although it seems you dislike the particular way in which @ned is making it necessary for those doers and makers to act. I can see good reason why, but again point out that every figurehead I can think of off the top of my head has been a net loss to the organization eventually. It is those that build power into the organization, rather than taking it upon themselves, that prove to be the greatest benefit.
I am not meticulously analyzing Stinc, Steem, or @ned. Hell, I'm a carpenter and should be bending nails and detecting my thumbs today, but instead I'm here. I'm here because Steem is different than other cryptos, because it's potential is to change the world by enabling others to do so, not because my ROI is challenged.
Steem will not be long potential if it's no more than another of the thousands of cryptos, and there's a lot wrong with it from the get go, such as the ninjamine. If @ned were simply another Lee Iacocca or Warren Buffet, Steem would already be dead. I am not his herald, nor cheerleader, but can't fault his apparent intentions, as I can see no greater potential business opportunity in the world today than Steem.
Whether or not @ned is the equal of this opportunity I cannot answer. I sure can't say he isn't, however, and don't expect some kind of flawless business ninja to be at the helm of such innovation and paradigm change. Again, were such in charge, they'd have sold out to Fakebook, and Steem would wither away, just another crypto without a use case.
@ned seems to be seeking to enable the doers and makers, as well as the whiners and takers, to find a better table to take their meat at than we presently have. I'm good with that, and don't care about price or market position in the short term. Quarterly returns are the weapons of bean counters. Visionaries craft revolutions that endure for a thousand years. @ned may not be either, but Steem could be that revolution, and we'll see what comes of it, in due time.
Today, clearly, isn't that time.