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RE: Steemit State of the Site: Retention
(1) The blog platform is not easy to use, (2) the financial structure is difficult to understand, (3) the big names coming to the site are getting tremendous rewards (not saying they shouldn't), and other newbies are getting lost, (4) there have been a lot of stories about people making thousands from one post, and new users don't necessarily understand what makes a post or a person posting worth that kind of money, (5) the flagging option should have check boxes for reasons, (6) information is contradictory, and a lot of it is written for an audience that understands the jargon, rather than a lay audience, but to grow the platform is going to require a larger lay audience.
I have to agree @steemerpat. Some of the posts raking in large sums of money aren't even well written. I came across a poem that has collected hundreds of dollars and it's simply dreadful (speaking as a former editor at a publishing house). It's one thing for well written and interesting posts to collect hundreds of accolades and votes but quite another to see drivel rewarded in the same way. Are the whales illiterate? Are they even reading these posts? It's very disheartening and I can understand why people are dropping off the platform.
Yea, this site has a huge focus on anarchy and coins. Honestly not a surprise, but it does limit a growing user base