I completely agree, Steemit is kind of an ADD platform with a content lifespan of 12 hrs or less. I'm not a tech guy at all, but is it not possible to build a forum on top of Steemit? As far as I understand steemit.com is just an interface and it can be made to look like anything, dev's chose to do a reddit/social media thing cause it would allow the greatest variety of content out of the gate. But I don't see any reason a forum couldn't be built on steemit. Hopefully it's on the roadmap...