IMO this place is good for getting an engaged readership that you can leverage as social proof to build your business, get clients, or support others social media platforms. Also there are networking benefits to being visible on here, which is my new main motivation for posting.

Regarding being too scared to post controversial opinions, that’s why I coined the term circle jerk in regards to steemit. But all that aside, once you realize that the benefit to posting here isn’t money or quality discussions, but the exposure for your writing and connecting with potential diamonds in the rough, then it makes the place more palatable. Read some of the posts in my sig for a better explanation.