I actually like steemit.com's UI. I don't really like large graphic images taking up too much space because scrolling becomes tedious fairly quickly. I would be careful about any changes you make. I remember I used to use Yahoo Sports for years and years and then one day they redesigned it just for the sake of change and it was awful. I switched to ESPN's website and I've never gone back to Yahoo Sports since.
Yahoo Sports has changed the design back to the simpler way it was before but by then it was too late as I had gotten used to ESPN.