Many good points in this article.
Despite the fact that it was posted a while back, almost a year ago, I think this situation is just as current.
However I just want to express my support concerning some needed features that surfaced here, namely keeping personal blog separate from resteems and the option of unsteeming. I would add having a separate counter for own articles and one for comments as well... and a much needed feature... ARTICLE TRANSLATION. There are users from all over, and we should have an option to be able to read articles written in a different language even when lacking the knowledge of that language. An easy implementation would be Google Translate, that would be very helpful, ad I'm sure would it encourage more people to join and use this platform.
RE: JUMPING SHIP - Thoughts and Considerations on Dealing With the Problem of User Retention