Your post is very meaningful. It can be seen that you have spent a lot of patience for this post. As a designer who often deals with customers, I think whether a community can retain new members mainly depends on the following factors: Aspects: First of all: am I used to using the steemit platform? I feel that although the steemit community has been operating for so long, its interface and functions are still too backward, and it is not very convenient for many people to use it. Second: Whether you can get benefits from it, I think many users choose to join Steemit because of its benefits, but for newcomers, if the benefit is too low or there is no benefit for a long time, they will leave. Finally: Although there are many excellent articles in the community, many newcomers cannot get timely replies after commenting, resulting in time lag in communication, which will also affect everyone's experience. If a timely communication can be added to steemit, I think will be better.