Indeed it is good for the community to be informed of what Steemit Inc want's to accomplish and in some way know what's going on... With that said - from a business perspective true success relies not only on The Visionary but also a good management team and from what I came to learn in recent post's from other Steemians, Ned had to let go of some staff. So maybe this is something that is being addressed anyway? This is also possibly why there has been a lack of communication recently. In short, I do believe Steemit is making good progress and has some good developments already in place.