Is steemit fake or real?? lol write me if this is true!!

I just found steemit lol
pretty late
right ??
still i am trying to find out this is real or fake ??
this is not fare
But I have no idea
Feel free to write me
I am not advertising my post lol
I really wanna know
what is happening ??
why steemit ??
And why they wanna give money ??
where the money come from??
How many active users are there ?

A lot of questions