There are a few things that Steemit could do UX-wise to cause people to explore a bit more, also, I think that because Steemit is primarily a blogging platform they should embrace it a bit more. Set the site up more like a great newspaper full of curated, beautiful prose, they need to take a stronger hand in showcasing better work in general, algorithms can't do that alone, especially when every vote is worth money. Things still feel a bit like an experiment here. A rad experiment though.. imo.