Possibly, but first we need a way for people to reach interested readers. I'm not the only one feeling that there are too many content creators writing high quality posts which doesn't reach its intended audience: https://steemit.com/steemit/@protoken/does-anyone-else-feel-like-blogging-on-steemit-is-like-talking-to-a-brick-wall
Once this issue gets resolved, I bet we'll see a lot more motivation to use steem.