what are the issues?
not enough return on time investment?
i would say in the beginning there was a void of a vehicle for communication on the web, so steerplanet filled that role, maybe web design, auctions.
the other site at the time morphed into .....
i would say that for whatever reason the design hasn't kept up with the industry.
for example, blog/podcast partners have not been integrated
i think some of the other sites that are successful, don't see the chat feature as something to focus on.
it's too bad. two other sites xbar.com and advantage.cattle had a huge amount of historical information that is no longer available.
name the bull was always fun.