I think there is many point why i use steemit...
- All others traditional platform trading by our information without paying us.
- There are so many ad.
- Decreasing quality content.
- Unnecessary post, comment, like, share...
- And for, lake of content security...etc
Yes, unlike other platforms you don't get paid and at the same time your feed is riddled with ads. Unfortunately most platforms are mainly in it for ad revenue, and censor most content due to the potential to lose said ad revenue. From what I've gathered on facebook, the main thing I see is just people posting images of memes and not much in the way of thought out posts.