Thank you for the reading list, and for the mention @o1eh!
This is a wonderful group of contributors you have mentioned here... I have probably read all of them at various times, and I'd say they are part of the "backbone" of the Steemit community!
As I read this, I found myself thinking about the many people I miss on this platform. Not necessarily the ones that left at the infamous "split" as those who have (before AND since) just quietly vanished, one day. I still hold out hopes that they might suddenly show up again, one day... perhaps because the price of Steem suddenly goes high, or maybe just because some new place they moved to has suddenly closed down.
It's one of the things I really like about Steemit... this knowledge that there is no "company" that's suddenly going to just stop one day.
Of course, I also really like the many wonderful creative contributors I have gotten to know here!
I have been on this platform for less than three years, but even in such a relatively short period of time, some authors I read regularly have left it. Everyone has their own reasons for this. Some did it because of busyness in real life, some were disappointed in the level of earnings, and some had conflicts with other authors.
I agree with you on this. These are well-known authors who are active members of the community.
Steemit consists of thousands of faces, it is doomed to change over time, but change can always be for the better 😀