@studgriffin, I agree that you "...can find better content on reddit, 4chan, even facebook...".
But keep in mind that Steemit is much younger than all those platforms and is still having growing pains.
I disagree that all the other content on Steemit is garbage. There are plenty of interesting content creators on here.
They can be found by searching through the "New" and "Hot" tabs at the top of the site.
"People use this website as a means to make money, not as a means to promote quality content." Some people do. Some people don't. Some people are somewhere in the middle.