Great article, thanks for taking the effort to write and be so thorough. What stuck out in particular was you segway into Steempress. I've been considering using it to combine Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 methodology. It gives us the SEO that some of us wish to maintain. Especially for business purposes. Steempress is a great solution.
I've been on the platform almost a year now. It's been great watching and being apart of the development of the all. Seeing the rise of Decentralized apps and experiencing culture through the eyes of other steemians around the world is extraordinary. Steem is literally changing people's lives. No one can doubt that.
Being apart of Steemit has helped me to learn investing, better my finances, learn trading, start investing in metal, and better understand the evolution of the Internet to this new Web 3.0. Blockchain is definitely hear to stay. Steem and Steemit just has to continue to weather the storm. Still, Everyone from Alibaba to Cannabis Markets and opening up to Blockchain do to it's Freedom. Freedom of communication. Freedom from the banks. Freedom to truly own our content. With Steem, so much is possible.
Freedom and Innovation is what attracts me so much to this place. As early adopters it's truly astonishing how slow the main stream adopts things, but patience is the key because we still have a lot of bugs to iron out.