Steemit has a lot of quality content, but it is becoming harder to find within the faster and faster flow of posts. Some days, it does seem that people are just posting for money, especially when I see them taking out every bit, rather than building an investment.
With new apps that favor shorter and shorter content, like SteepShot and Zapple, it's going to keep trending that way, because all of it shows up here on Steemit.com. And the memes just keep coming, too.
I expect we will see ads, first by individual authors. We already see affiliate links. If we get some folks here that can manage their own ad accounts, we will be seeing ads from them within their posts.