Frankly speaking, the future of steemit depends on how pay outs are made, to be honest, just like they mention money speaks. Steemit shouldnt be compared to other social network as many of us are here to earn and share. Right now minnows are way to difficult to grow, I am lucky to have benefit from some of the projects, but have witness more people stop posting on steemit.

MONEY SPEAKS, and if minnows cannot survive then the future of steemit is sealed