The difficulty in curation and the sheer volume of bidbots is partially why @opgaming exists. Curation groups are a good way to find other people. I'm seeing more of a segmentation on the Steem blockchain. You got the Steepshot users, the curation groups, and so on, and so forth. It's not that people are dropping off, it's that they're finding their own microcosm to work with.
Outsiders just joining might not be getting lost in the bots, but I'm not...
I feel that but how are those communitys going to grow without new people coming in?
I like curation groups and all the little sects of steemit, I just wish there was more general interaction I gues. One of the reasons I liked it here when I first came was talking and meeting people from all over with different interests, that wont happen if I just stick to one or two groups, least not on the same scale
All the more reason for said groups to keep up the outreach. It falls upon us to reach out to the new folks and not get too insular.