I had joined steemit and made a couple of articles and am wondering is it still viable to post there and make a little extra income or is the system rigged in favor of certain writers? I see mixed feedback primarily negative now but want more info from those successfully using it.
The best thing to do is have a verifiable introducemyself post. If you look at them, you'll see if you can tell a story about yourself with words and images, that you humanize yourself for the reader and people are more likely to give to someone they can empathize with--plus there's an incentive to bring new users into the site and the motivated upvoters know this. Also, technical backgrounds seem to do as well as a cute face and boobs, so if you have one, nerd it up.
After that it's really a matter if you content creation is your thing or curation or a mix--feel like there should be moderation incentives, but don't think there are (and look at the above post for why).