No matter how much we (some of us excluded, and the number is growing) are pretending that this is a social network, the truth is that this is a private boat. We are here to provide the rowing power only.
I can see more and more parallels with another pay for write platform which is already deceased. It took it good three years to sink.
This one is sinking even before it is out of beta...
I do hope that I am wrong!