Voted for
- (Newcomers) don't get enough upvotes
- More and better (d)apps
- Bid bot abuse
- There is not enough interaction on posts
- Good content doesn't get enough upvotes
The lack of real, human interaction (and the lack of visibility for many people)
Maybe the biggest problem on Steem (especially on Steemit) right now is the lack of real, human interaction under the posts.
And many people (not just newcomers) don't even get views.
A lot of people's posts are not seen.
Maybe because a lot of people are writing blog posts, but only a few people cares about other people's blog posts.
After this the bid bot abuse comes.
There are a lot of bot boosted trash content in the "Trending" section, while there is a lot of good content, and they doesn't get enough upvotes or doesn't even get noticed.
Do not advertise Steem (yet?)
To be honest, I would not advertise Steem right now.
The above mentioned important problems should be fixed first, before I would advertise Steem.
If you advertise a thing like this, don't be surprised, if people will leave after a few weeks/months of trying.
Many people are left (and still leaving) Steemit and the Steem blockchain because of the above mentioned problems.
Even I left Steemit and the Steem blockchain for a few months, and I am on Steemit since 2017.05.17.
Good point about that most posts don't get read and upvoted. It's indeed because most are writers here and not readers. That's why i think it wouldn't be a bad thing to get the curation rewards up. It will benefit also the writers in the end because now nobody is reading so you only earn if you upvote the post to trending page yourself. (then it does get noticed a bit)
It's simply more rewarding to sell your vote to upvote bots then curate content. That's why nobody is doing it anymore.
Currently the only way to be a successful blogger here is if you go with the flow of buying upvotes.