I think the SPS is doing wonders. It's new and launched when SBD was 50 cents and falling. Now with the peg back to $1, we should see an uptick in work. But there is only a little over 2k a day available, so it needs more funding.

The wonderful thing about DPOS is not everyone gets along, and that is what makes the system strong. Use your stake to speak for you, that is the nature of DPOS.

Steempeak has an awesome UI, Steemit INC is focused on blockchain development, the community needs to do they're part and build cool sites leveraging the freeware that is the Steem blockchain.

Edit: You can't edit in a beneficiary after a post is made. I just added that I set it so people don't think I'm a wanker ;) - a UI tweak that should be simple (coming from a non dev lol)