I ve tried to answer this question in my head for a some time now and I cant come up with an answer, instead I will just ramble about it.
Steemit as the social network is a place Füll of controversy. You will get out on What you focus.
Want to feel angry and focus on the flaws of the system?
Focus on the trendig pages and the bought votes which actually made the posts trendig.
Want to have fun and interact with people? Well... You are free to do that as well.
Steemit is a place full of misery and joy and you are free to chose what you want to have today.
You can be happy about the support you have or focus on all the people who dont vote for you.
If you loose a supporter thankful for all the support you recieved or angry about it.
Steemit is a place full of fresh ideas and old shit.
It is a place full of greed and generosity.
It might be a big chance or a waste of time.
A place where you can make new friends and lifelong enemies with a couple of mouseclicks, depending how and who you vote.
It is an big experiment how anarchy works in a social network, what people are willing to accept.
Steem is changing. We are moving from just being a social network to a dapp platform. What we will become is up to us, what we are voting for and who we delegate our steem to.
For myself steemit is a place of all mentioned above and highly depending on my mood but overall it brings me more joy than frustration, which I see as a good deal.