Hi Surfermarly,
Superb post - I believe Steemit has almost filled all criteria to be a serious global success. Our interface now lacks just one thing: an integrated instant messenger. I know we have https://steem.chat/home but users need to log in to that and many do not, so is not a useful method for instant communication.

Facebook (puh!) has Messenger built in - it is a huge reason for the frequent use and success of FB as a community tool.

Could one of our communities gifted coders please make instant chat a reality? With video & voice calling also it was be completely awesome!!

Upvoted and resteemed :D