I've been thinking, and just came to a realization.
The reason why killefiz became successful and others not as much so, is his sytem was easy to see new things, easy to add new things, and you could quickly do what you want.
It was an open system, so developers could quickly pop in and pop out. That made it a painless process. Other systems were not as successful, because they weren't as easy or simple for them to use.
The same goes for users. They could easily do anything.
There were errors, which he'd go in and check. Other users could submit changes as needed, all of which were subject to his review. Toward the end it was too much for a single person to do, which is why he problem just said, heck it.
That's the price of an open system. At the same time, it was the very reason why he had such a popular system.
We may say we want this or that, but I think the reality is, his worked pretty well as is. It just needed more help.