I agree it is a result of not having a clearly communicated vision, we don't know what we are and the lack of vision forces people to focus on the money.
If we had a mission or even a strong vision people would be more likely to behave in ways that support that. Since we don't.... We have a mess.
Yeah, it's almost like... the STEEM chain can theoretically do all these cool sounding things, and the fact that it can do cool sounding things has sort of become its identity. I remember ned leaning on this crutch more than a few times.
"In the future, STEEM can..." and then following it with all sorts of utopian, and while cool sounding, ultimately kinda pointless - at this present time - jargon.
Does Discord work for you? Doesn't seem to open for me.
I guess they are having problems... Mine looks normal but it is so empty. :)