@averageoutsider I was attracted to steemit for a number of reasons:They are pointed below:

• People are making thousands of dollars and if you’re reading this, I’m willing to bet that you want to be a part of this incredible new community too.

• Steemit knows that your content, attention, and time are valuable. That is why they have created a revolutionary new social media platform that actually pays it's users for the value that they add.

• It pays both the content creators when their post gets upvoted, as well as the people who curate the best content on the site by upvoting others post.

• Steemit currency units can be traded, bought, and sold on the open market just like all of the other digital currencies.