Steemit was only good for earning in its early days where they were practically giving away a lot of money. but ever since everyone found out about it and started spamming there the earning potential dropped drastically. and also with the spam the quality of the forum dropped. for example now if i see an article on medium or steemit i will read the one on medium because i know for a fact that someone spammed in steemit to get paid.
also the price of altcoins including steem is dropping hard so your earning is decreasing that way also.