I personally joined steemit in order to make some cash though... Let's just face it, over 80% of people on this platform joined in order to make money one way or the other. Though I haven't yet had the chance to withdraw from it, instead I keep investing. But to me, that doesn't really matter because I look at the benefits on steemit on the long run. I believe that steemit is more beneficial when you start ranking high on search results. That way you can actually promote different businesses or platforms on steemit easily. But for a minnow, steemit is really a tough and competitive platform.