I'm really liking Steemit so far. There's a good community and I get good feedback on my posts. I'm not sure it's ready for the non-technical masses yet. It needs to be more user friendly for them. There needs to be a simple way for people to include an image in a post. That could be by integrating with external services somehow.
I think a lot of people struggle with the intricacies of the economics of Steemit, e.g. why 3 currencies, where does the money come from. I know I don't get it 100%
I think Steemit could really take off if some top bloggers came on board, but it's a chicken/egg problem. They need an audience and building the audience requires the stars.
I'm hoping to see lots of exciting developments. An important area will be making use of Steem for buying/selling as well as for charity work. If we can get verified charity accounts then people can be confident about donating to causes and may start campaigns to support them.
Great points than you:)