I think that most of our readers are other scientists, and rightly so. When I have free time, I look for scientific posts, not for travels or food ones, and I guess that users who are passionate about something else do more or less the same thing.
However, I believe that the great merit of Steemit is the opportunity to tell science in a friendly way, a way capable of involving a large audience. Everyone should make an effort to making what he writes more mainstream; not to have more upvotes, but to allow science to reach even those people who, otherwise, would not be interested in reading us. Money, in this case, is a side aspect.
Personally, I think I have to thank all of you, because since I've been here I've discovered an infinity of curiosities that I could hardly find in other ways. Thank you STEM people.
Grazie gente di scienza!