i think steemit is great for good writers and people who like blogging - for artists and musicians it is not always what we like to do ,and as a social network , i am not sure long blogs are the only focus that matters. i notice a lot of the older members only support eachother, and that must be nice for them, but to me the whole thing seems in a ever reducing spiral. The drive to gain users is one thing, but the network is not set up to encourage new members who are often leaving or giving up on writing long blogs after seeing very low rewards on well written blogs again and again. I like reading the well written blogs, and that keeps me here, i hope the network broadens to include incentives for various types of content, not just support for whales by whales. I upvote you most times when i read your blogs and have followed you for months. best regards, David