steemit.com will be great in the future, You can get thousands of dollars just create 1 post, and many people who have got it. but of course quality and useful posts that will get it.
Steemit will never be great in future. All the users do is more likely to get shitloads of up-votes for their crappy articles and basically stamping away from the actual and important discussions.
Always remember this way: Where there is money there is no real discussion. I can already notice the early adopters taking away the cake and always standing out even after writing bullshit articles.
So never in a million years will steemit stand out. You should just look it upon as a cryptocurrency and nothing else.