What just remains absolutely crucial to remember is that anything is better than nothing - which is what you would have gotten on other platforms, i.e. Reddit. I've been lurking for some time now here and it's evident that although only a fraction of submissions catches on, quite a lot do get some traffic which ultimately still produces more than years on Reddit would have. I'm very positive when it comes to the future of Steemit, though I do believe we need increased filters and the like since the amount of content being pushed at all times vastly outweights what any normal user can filter through manually.