Thank you, @sneak. This simple comment implies you do hear us and you do care.

This is what we want to hear more of.

That said, I still stand by my opinion that you may not fully appreciate the frustration active users feel due to the difference between the amount of usage you have and that of active users. The frustration increases for those who try to use the site more.

Example:

SELECT count(*) from Comments where author = 'sneak' and created > '2017-10-06';
SELECT count(*) from Comments where author = 'lukestokes' and created > '2017-10-06';
SELECT count(*) from TxVotes where author = 'sneak' and timestamp > '2017-10-06';
SELECT count(*) from TxVotes where author = 'lukestokes' and timestamp > '2017-10-06';

Since the DDoS, you have commented on average 2.4 times a day and you have voted 16.95 times a day. On average, that's a bit of an annoyance every other day as maybe 1 out of eery 4 interactions (that's a total random assumption, I don't know what the real number is, but based on my personal, subject experience, that's being generous) currently has problems of some kind.

In contrast, I'm commenting 18.2 times a day, so that's 4.55 frustrating moments every single day (using my made-up, completely subject metric of 1 out of 4). I'm also voting 184.15 times a day (on average). That doesn't include how many automated votes failed and never got properly saved to the blockchain.

Again, my intention is not to belittle, troll, or discourage you. You are our only hope! We want you and your team to be hugely successful. The point I'm trying to make is many are feeling the pain of things not working more than others. Empathetic people can acknowledge that pain and validate it. That matters.

I look forward to hanging out together in Lisbon and discussing why CloudFront is not an option (since AWS already has your TLS/SSL keys) for dealing with DDoS attacks and what aspects of the specific Steemit security concerns I'm currently ignorant of. Keep working hard as we believe in STEEM and we love Steemit.