I disagree with "lack of vision" statement. Tokenize the internet was a vision that I do believe is still held in steemit inc. However there does not seem to be anything else to it. If we ask a question, "how do we get there?", we find that only answer one has given is by getting the smt protocol done.
There is not even a 1 year strategy, just next thing that is going to be developed.
Some claim that steem is somehow backed by "good content", as if every time somebody posts here a good topic, it is going to make someone buy steem. There is no explanation what is good content, and why does it nescescary make demand for steem.
To summ it up, there is only this moment and the vision, nothing concrete about how do we get to that vision.