Dear @aggroed
Steemit has an upper hand over reddit or any social networking website because it is an alternative source of income. In a future where unemployment and automation will be a reality such a source is important and will explode. Also it is a panacea for hesitant writers as one can use a pen name for blog and write. The best part is when you procrastinate to become a writer upvotes and comments helps a hesitant writer to believe in his or her writing. Facebook is a social networking website steemit is networking over creative intellect. I love this plaform and it is unparalleled.
But there are serious flaws, spamming is one such flaw. Spamming deteriorates the entire quality of content. Also i do not know if there are bots which check plagiarism, there should be bots to do that so the platform rise as a more genuine content inclined one. With such a check we will gain some of the best writers of world on this platform.
I have seen in fashion blog simple pictures of models without any explanation of trend. I think flagging is important. Censorship should be there for really redundant blogs. I do not understand how several minnows start following thousands of steemians. It is humanly not possible to go through so many followings. Ultimately it deteriorates the upvoting choices as cover photo is a source of judgment.