This version has been around for awhile. Steem has one identical to Peakd. Apparently a lot of people preferred it over the old style steemit and the hive.blog clone of that. I enjoyed the simplicity of the basic model but over the years I also read a lot of comments from members saying even that was too difficult.

I was away for awhile as well and stepped right into a big pile of mess.

We'll lose users for many reasons. I find most thought this was supposed to be an easy way to make money. This is the hardest way to make money... LOL!

It takes a special breed and a lot of those folks have been here (on Hive now) for years. I learned a lot about many throughout this whole ordeal and I can say my respect level for many shot through the roof.