I wouldn't be so quick to say that the tide is turning, rather, recent events may have led to a down tick in Facebook's monstrous growth.

I think Steemit and Facebook serve two widely different social media markets, and as much as I hate to admit it, some form of centralization may be necessary for Steemit to become success. While the idea of a decentralized social media platform sounds nice, without moderators you have a worthless trending section, a hot section dominated by whales, and a new section oversaturated with random pictures of flowers and miscellaneous market reports. From the time I've been on Steemit, it's been very difficult to find good content from new users.

And while whales do occasionally put out good stuff, only seeing content from these whales can get tiresome. Steemit needs a way to foster a diversity of content and minimize the number of "shit posts" that crowd the site.