When I first joined up what I liked about steemit was the community, that has not changed and the core is still the same for me.
Making money is nice but I did not join for or because of it.
Here at steemit we have everything folks would find all over the web.

I don't need to go to fedbook, yt, twitter etc, I can find it all here but beyond all that it is still a community with a very home town feel to it where we can use our stock to support the infrastructure while making some money or blessing someone with a hand up when needed (you will not find anything like this at fedbook or any other platform).
I look at steemit as a long term place to spend my time and I do not see it as a flash in the pan, here today gone tomorrow but in terms of 5-10 years and beyond.
I enjoy knowing I am not the only one thinking in those terms.