There are a few things holding STEEMIT back; The subtitle isn't previewed and that always makes me struggle to start my posts. You never know, when your sentence will be cut of. Also sometimes you might not want a long subtitle.
Other issues I see:
If you are not signed in, a popup will appear, blocking out the content.
Because of it, some of my friends didn't sign up - they felt forced.
Reddit, for example, works fine without a need to log in.
Steemit looks sketchy to a lot of people and the popup-blocky thing enforces that impression.Markdown doesn't work like explained in the link
For example making lists like these, works properly only on the first item.[x] Checklists look ugly
Comments are underrated.
The payout on good comments is too low, also do they not seem to influence the value and exposure of the original post enough.Users vote the wrong posts
The promise of a curation reward leads people to upvote low value content.
It has to be clearly explained, that the curation reward with low SP is - even under best conditions - ridiculous.
A newbie doesn't help himself upvoting trending posts - His vote has a tiny impact there and he doesn't benefit.
The value of STEEM is crashing and some accounts always cash out and trade away the generated STEEM.
Upvoting posts by these users hurts STEEMIT.The reputation system is patronizing
Also it's blocking valuable content.
It devalues STEEM since a bad reputation can ruin your account and investment in STEEM.
Apart from the issues, that the developers should pay attention to, the users should be encouraged to make an educated vote.
With great power comes great responsibility.
When you see someone abuse their power - comment or flag !
Before a mass-adoption can take place, we need to establish an etiquette.
The developers and whales can only do so much.
Don't rely on others to vote right - you need to take your STEEM POWER serious, if you want the market to take STEEM serious.
Some HQ MS Paint OC:
Have a gerat day and steem on !