The flaw of Steemit is its too hard for newbies to grow an account. Don't get me wrong it should take allot of work but there is a threshold that members will look at and determine that the hard work isn't worth the effort and I believe this is where Steemit is stuck at the moment. I think a Max bid needs to be placed on accounts and this will help redistribute some of the rewards and perhaps help user retention. Aggressive marketing is needed as well to get the site out to the masses. Steemit has been in Beta for two years ... its time to launch.