This is pretty much how i visualise steemit, you have pretty much said everything i had in mind and even more, content creators and niche players have their roles to play and no one can do it but them, a simultaneous fission of vision and effort towards a common goal, a build from scratch agenda where each party is constantly hustling their part in the real actual sense of it, however a lot of content creators are impatient, and not cultured(steemit culture), then there's bound to be a gap, yet again...just my thoughts
I don't want a community of cookie cutter content driven by advertising revenue and optimization of profits, I want to be part of building a city where real people can work, earn and really live doing more of what they love. That takes a community.
Sigh, this is the eventual vision. So help me God😇
I feel that in some way (society in general), many people have lost their hustle past the short term. If it doesn't happen near immediately, they give up and move on. I think that for the most part at Steemit, the ones that seem to stick it out are a bit older. Perhaps there are several reasons for this or my view is skewed but, the older also seem to be less prone to the tantrums.