"getting paid to post" is the blessing and the curse of Steemit. My first couple of posts did well but ever since then I barely make anything when I post so it is hard to justify carving out time to post here when I have other activities that earn more and other places I can post that would get more eyeballs.

I have fun writing my Armchair CEO posts so I plan to test those on Medium soon, and my long planned curated newsletter may finally come together soon but I don't know if I will be sending people here like I planned.

Steemit needs a major UI update and a clear direction (I have argued it should be competing with Medium, not Reddit). Without those I think it will struggle and maybe die :-(