I came to steemit because I was fed up with Youtube ghosting my comments. Just about all my comments would disappear on a video when I logged out. I guess they didn't agree with my views, its not like I was just being mean--although the mean ones don't seem to have any problem at all on YT.
Best part is that a good comment even has a chance to earn a little something something and that is fantastic. Most of what I do is comment. lol. I would get into very long discussions on Youtube and then all that work just vanishes. Turned on ad blocker ever since I found that out.
Steemit is my new favorite site and I have also noticed that the culture here is very different as well.