OK fair enough steem has some issues but you did compare it to the weakest steem interface. steemit is kinda trash specially when you compare it to something like https://steempeak.com ... which likely has more features and usability than all those you listed.
I'll give you that it looks way better but what extra features does it support?
Oh i don't know it super well but from what i can tell...
But that being said steemit seems like the bottom of the barrel... they barely started working on it again after like 2 years of nothing.
I guess that's fair eh. For me the main features I had in mind were like messaging, groups, etc. Those you listed are nothing to scoff at, but they aren't game changing either. I guess that's fair, but reviewing Steemit is still highly reflective of the network for speed, monetization, profitability and many other categories I listed.