It's not about the amazing food, & limitless bar, & the dancing girls &, watching me effortlessly 'surf' by lying on my belly...No! It's because:
You can meet lots of really lovely/interesting/brilliant people to follow on Steemit.
One of my (and my friends) criticisms of Steemit is that there's A LOT of stuff that's either low-quality, or just not interesting to me. I believe that the plan to roll-out 'communities' will really help with finding content that we like, and then more people will want to stick around. What I found at Steemfest2 were people to follow/stalk/troll (delete as appropriate). What started out as a great excuse for a party has accidentally caused me to want to spend a lot more time on Steemit. I like it.