One thing I note is that cryptocurrency is pretty fresh tech. Steem and rewarding content creation model that it pioneered is novel and much misunderstood. I can understand your disappointment in performance to date. I share it, as do many others. The problem I see is not code quality, which @vandeberg seems competent at, but grasp of investment strategy and how that can be deployed on Steem. I don't see any seasoned investors in their midst, and ideologues make poor investors.

I expect they can learn from their mistakes, if they survive them. I hope for all our sakes they do.

You and I have years and years of business experience that makes things obvious to us that these kids don't have. Vinegar, flies, honey, and all that.