I think it was a given that some of the pre-Justin days would continue here as the power players from before are actually more powerful now that their stake power isn't diluted by Steemit and the others who made it onto their blacklist.

I could live for the most part with the system we had before. I can't say that's the case for the new normal under Justin, nor his statements on where Steem is headed (destroyed and merged into a Tron token). I guess part of what doesn't add up for me is why Justin even bought Steemit if his intentions were to destroy the chain it rested on and make it sit atop his. Would have made more sense just to pay developers to sit a new one on his.