there are several things I like on steemit:
- you get paid for writing. That one is obvious. But it's not the only reason I do it. I would probably even use steemit if it was just free to use without payment, for it's ad-free and doesn't feed Big Data. This alone is a huge advantage over FB, twitter and the like
- because of their mutual financial interested, the community is mostly nice, helpful and works together - you have much more the feeling to belong to some bigger picture. Your are. As more and more people are streaming in, it migh be a challenge to keep it that way though.
- I read great content and opinions about stuff I would never read elsewhere, and for a collector of thoughts and ideas like me, that is quite a treasure