Well I'm speaking from the perspective of an outsider looking into the core of the Blockchain: the developers.

You're speaking from the perspective of someone that's keeping up with the activities of those players within the community. A likely already committed investor/user.

Your example actually emphasizes the need for such information to be better distributed outside of this bubble.

When Hive detached from steem it celebrated the COMMUNITY factor as the true value of this blockchain. I agree with that. So the opportunity to continue with that existed as a very powerful branding potential that could then continue to generate attention and users/investors. Yet some half a year on, the opposite has happened.