You guys (StemSTEM) are one of the shining lights on steem. I think you have hit the nail on the head about people not liking blogging. They come here expecting to be paid for simple social media content and then realize that to make an impact they need to produce quality long form written content or quality original creative works (art, photography ,etc) and then hustle like a musician trying to get their first record deal. The reality is that for most people that is unachievable and they leave disappointed. I am hoping that SMT's and DApps like APPICS will solve this for the masses who can onboard a dedicated app which is closer to what they are traditionally used to. This will leave top level steem for long form bloggers and their followers who are interested in consuming that kind of content. As a photographer I have 80k followers on other social media platforms and I can count on one hand how many I have successfully transitioned over to steem.

Again love the work SteemSTEM is doing at a time in history when anti-science is on the rise. I hope to contribute to it next year once I have a bit more time free as I have a background of 15 years developing renewable energy systems and trying to manage clean tech startup companies.