Ah yes, I remember those days... both the days of 7c Steem, and the days of $8.00 Steem. I also remember creating $200 posts on a regular basis. At $8, I'd be looking at $45K-ish...

Unfortunately, Steem seems to have slid somewhat into obscurity since then, but maybe this is where being linked with TRX will serve us well in the long run. But we need to get back to a more active community model to look attractive to potential newcomers... and it doesn't seem like there's much development going on, so the only thing we have going for us is that people can "make money blogging."

I also agree with @happyme that we need a new interface. LeoFinance — even though part of Hive — built their own front end from the ground up, and large part of their success is that the community is dynamic and has its own unique identity.