So far i'm really enjoying Steemit. There are some really good writers, and a large part of the community seems to have good intentions. (of course, it's slightly annoying with a bunch of these trade for trade people, but I guess that's inevitable.)
The design is good too - clean and simple. The one thing i'm missing, which I really love on "medium", is the reading time of an article. It's really nice to see how long you will spend on article before clicking through to it.
Maybe it will come on an update?