I would also add that it was much easier to make long posts when I had a job with a computer and later had no job. Now that I have a job that requires actually working all day, I don't have time to write long articles. If steemit is ever supposed to be widely adopted, it needs to accept that those people may have jobs that don't allow time for longform writing. Also, mobile phones might be their only internet access and aren't fun to write essays with.