I agree. I feel like at this point no one knows the direction Steemit is taking. For example Quora from the very beginning was known to reward users for valuable answers to questions. Somehow it pulled in experts right away, so it didn't turn into Yahoo Answers.

Medium.com was able to also pull in great Bloggers and original writers somehow.

Reddit on the other hand feels like Steemit today. Original content is not a must and people get upvoted by how funny or interesting the content is, even if it's just a meme or gif.

Steemit is in a weird situation where it's aiming for originial content but Original content is not always rewarded. The dilemma is that left alone Steemit would most likely turn into Reddit. Let's be honest, it's the most open, accepting, and fun platform out there because it gives everyone freedom to do what they want. But throw in the Steemit Whales and you have a few users who have an idea of where they want Steemit to go. Which can be a good thing, the original creators wanting to give Steemit a direction. Best thing now is for them to agree on the direction they want Steemit to go and encourage users to reward others based on that and for themselves to reward original content the moment it's posted and others will follow.

Sorry for the rant =)