Something I didn't include in the post, but which is definitely also a consideration for me is that I love writing, but in order to justify spending the time with it I do... it has to be monetized, in some way.

What I love about Steemit is that I never have to worry about things like Google arbitrarily deciding that some opinion I share on a blog is against their TOS, and then suddenly my AdSense account is yanked. Boom, income stream gone. I also don't have to worry about YouTube or Facebook "censoring" because some opinion offends someone. Yes, I know I could get my post flagged here, but it's not just a total shut down.

That's definitely on my "likes" list about Steemit.

As for the people who experience posting as drudgery, I'm inclined to say they are doing the wrong thing. Nobody forces them to be here, and there are a bajillion other ways to make money that doesn't involve posting to social media.