Perhaps because of the way the site operates, people feel much more control over their actions and responses and feel that they have a chance to affect it rather than just be a victim of the system.

I think this statement gets to the heart of why this kind of technology is so impactful! Growing up we're taught get a good education to get a good job to make enough money to live. This doctrine worked well for older generations but as the world has changed around us it's no longer quite as viable. It's left that have pursued it with jobs that may be substandard compared to their parents. For example, I make a little more money than did my parents at my age yet find it nigh impossible to own a home in the same vicinity. Now, that's not a complaint. I'm trying to make the point that these external factors have driven myself, and many people, to maintain the status quo to keep living.

This is where Steemit is awesome by given financial incentive for people to be creative and try new things. Working at a large corporation can leave one with a small-fish-in-a-large-pong complex but then come here and create some truly amazing content that influence a whole world of people. I believe it's a truly magnificent thing and am surely glad it exists.