Value. That is what most of the big stake holders around here dont seem to understand what add value to something like steem.
Like honestly, we need to stop filling the trend page with steem related content (and potatoes and bonfires).
Content about steem does have its value, but only to those already inside. We need to bring people in, and unfortunately, the trending page is still our showcase.
And yeah, communities is a really needed feature. Hope is actually properly delivered some day.