I came to Steemit just under a year ago. As a blogger, I was looking for more. Steemit looked to be a promising diamond in the rough, and I still believe that. I do believe though that when the masses come to understand the concept of social media platforms that pay, Steemit will have some stiff competition, even though Steemit has had such a great jump on the competition (Facebook already has membership and a great UI... all they need to do is create their own currency!) When EOS is launched this summer, I would expect to see other emerging social media platforms built on this next generation blockchain, and unless Steemit irons out a bunch of wrinkles, it may never amount to much more than it is now. Look at the value of Steem as it struggles to maintain it's recent gains. Changes need to be made, more witnesses need to be incorporated, communities need to be built, bot policy needs to be adoptet, and a better UI would be nice. Unless the Steemit devs get busy, I see nothing but stagnation in Steemit's future. And I have never hoped this much to be so wrong about something.