steemit still needs a huge amount of improvements in order to compete with big guys (Facebook, youtube or even reddit
most of the people are here to make extra cash. As now there are old members with so many followers who can make money with any post or comments this will create troubles for the new folks trying to catch attention. as the number of steemian increases it will be so difficult for te new steemian to be noticed and with time this will make people desperate and they will leave steemit. I suggest to steemit to add more options and explanation for new steemians to keep the numbers up