I've interviewed 4 of my friends who joined then left Steemit for good. Here were their reasons:
- Unfair reward system
- Got a high-paying job, so no time.
- The posts were all sports, and other crap
- Dollar Vigilante, a known scam artist is making bank on Steemit....Steemit feels scammy for this reason.
The answer to 1, 3, and 4 is don't play the comparison game. The trending list is usually a good way to find new accounts to follow. With enough good posters you can then look at the personal feed more and more.
This is a problem that can be somewhat addressed in user interface but it's also going to be a perpetual filter on types of people that play the comparison game and get overly upset at the perception of unfairness.