I agree with you that unlike other social media or other websites, the audience you can reach here goes much faster. That is what makes Steemit more lively for me. 

The **instant gratification monster** you are talking about, has also its dark side I think. When people are not rewarded instantly for the work they have put it in, it leads to *instant disappointment*, so to say. For those people it might be very discouraging to continue and they need really a lot of endurance.

However I think this is a good thing, those people will keep creating good stuff, because they like it, and are not only in here because of the money... Those people are making Steemit great :)