It was always understood that our content would be saved forever on the blockchain so I don't think that's something that should be alarming... but I don't even believe in the concept of intellectual property anyway so I'm sure plenty of people out there will disagree with me on this :P
It was not. The edit and delete features were removed from Steemit.com recently and can easily be put back. Of course you can go digging through the blockchain, which is fine, but the code and logic is already in place to allow people to edit and delete what shows up on a steemit.com search or in your profile. The features were removed for security and seo reasons, and not for the good of the users.
I was asking Rok about this because he has passed the cheerleading phase and posted an honest critique.
I see what you mean. You'd just like to be able to modify and delete old post from the interface, right? That sounds reasonable enough. Not something I'd worry about personally but I'd certainly vote in favor of adding that ability if it came up.
Yes exactly, like on every other social media service.
There is rarely a response to the user feature requests that get posted here, there have been complaints since it happened and they have been ignored.
Perhaps you could become the Pied Piper for the Social Media User's Bill of Rights? A user friendly campaign like that might get you a bunch more followers.
I don't think I would quite go that far. Steemit Inc. is a private company, after all and at the end of the day, they can make it however they wish. I'm looking forward to seeing more competition in the marketplace because, for now, we're stuck in a monopoly and there's little incentive to provide top-not service.