Good thoughts, and the reward might be a good idea. We do need changes here, and changes must be coming because we're in beta and that means things are not fully formed yet, so by definition things will still change.

The devs are really good at coding, and now we're getting an upgrade with Graphene 2. There was something here a few weeks ago about a Community Manager job being available from Steemit. If that gets filled and the person sees things like you write about, they can get the word directly to those who can do something about it. The coders can code and the Community Manager can help make the community great.

I'm still here every single day, voting for many articles, commenting on some, resteeming and sharing a few on facebook and twitter. I'm here for the long haul and still feel optimistic! But there are ways to make things even better and your article talks about some of them. Thanks for writing this!