When we tell people about Steemit, push the community (not the reward). The more people who come to create content that engages other users the faster and stronger the platform will grow.
Many of the "dead fish" on Steemit, as well as much of the poor content is a result of people coming for the money and not effectively participating in the community.
Steemit has the opportunity to surpass facebook as a social platform, but it will require users that engage with it on at least a weekly basis (if not several times a day).
Engagement needs to be more than posting. In order for the community to be successful we need to read and reply to each-other's posts and develop relationships that grow the community.
That's my
on it.