You can look at this user's blog https://steemit.com/@arcange
He post's regularly about Steemit's statistics.
I agree with you. We need some type of moderaton. Issues are not being fixed and I'm afraid the community will not do it either.
1 Million accounts is a milestone. But it's far from enough.
Thanks, that account seems pretty informative.
This all has made me think about why people leave this site - in fact I think I'll write something about it. I think the multiple types of currency (SPD, STEEM, and Steem power for that matter) really confuse people and make the site needlessly complication. This site, unfortunately, has an incredibly high learning curve compared to sites like Facebook. I'm not sure how that can be changed, but I think some top-down change needs to happen in order to fix this.
I look forward to your writing!