It's possible you played a part, but it seems like steemit is blowing up among independent journalism because of the de-centralized revenue opportunities. YouTube keeps making news by cracking down on political content they want to censor, so people Jimmy Dore who have already felt the pressures are looking around for other opportunities. Redacted Tonight joined not that long ago too. Hopefully more will come along too, and not just those who have been politically censored, but the rest of the community as well.