I've been on and off steemit for about a year. I can't get more than a couple up votes. I like the idea of steemit, it does have some draw backs. If someone didn't get laid last night or in just a bad mood, they flag your content if they do not like it. Yes a form of censorship.
Go look at steem value. It is less than a dollar. That tells me that steemit is not taking off very well. If people were holding steem the value would go up.
I think that making money on steemit is just getting lucky.