I believe steemit is not working as you are used to. Check out some posts on the hot tab. There some post which got like 20 upvotes but only 8 views, which in my eyes shows me a big problem with steemit. Bots, visibility and the interaction in the community. A lot of people are using bots to widen up their visibility, which is okay, since we can't change it. But most people(bots) don't even read your post, just give you a comment in hope for an upvote by you. There are even more strange beggars who just ask directly for "help". Mainly we need more and more users here which are really active.
I hope your content will be more honored by the time. Thank you for giving us a voice towards your concern