Hi @timcliff, First off - Thanks for initiating the #discussion threat. This will be awesome. Secondly, I think the biggest incentive for people to use Steemit is the weekly payoff. This is the power of this incentive that people read posts at Steemit. For example, I've never read episodes of sci fi or crime fictions on any other social media channels but I do it regularly at Steemit.
I stopped blogging back in 2013 and it's just the money part that made me write again. Great post.
Steem on!