Well, after a week or so here, the "quick fix of pretty images" seems relaxing! You put your finger on a key thing about TSU. Each post was pretty short, and had a pretty picture. And there were options to see lots of pretty pictures on the screen all at once, even. They layout here isn't near so pretty.
For me, one thing I'm coping with is that there's no way to tell if a post is going to be long or short. Medium has an estimated reading time for each post, so you have a sense of what you're getting into.
And thanks for showing the Steem Whales stats. I didn't know about that.