When I saw you listed your 11 reasons it reminded me of "turning it up to eleven" ~ This Is Spinal Tap by almost forty years later... one of my favorite movies.
as long as a newbie can earn something easily after joining Steemit then we should be here a long time in the future and worth of steem value will grow exponentially...
I enjoy daily tacks and steemit gives me a feeling of a daily accomplishment.
Easy to learn the system and it is Fun...