I think, that Steemit has to be market with other selling points than the earning aspect. I wrote about this in here. It´s not sustainable to promise the mainstream to be able to earn money here, while knowing, that 90% of people simply are not able (or don´t want) to produce content. That´s a fact that everybody knows in social media or owns a Facebook page. Without this realistic take any changes or forks won´t change anything and people will leave disappointed.