(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.
RE: Steemit State of the Site: Retention