I also noticed that tendency on steemit. Cryptocurrency and Steemit contents are most valued in this community. And this can be very frustating for new members who get the impression that no matter what content they post they remain invisible. Steemit has lots of flaws and the founders @ned @dan need to do something about it to keep members and attract new ones. I find the interaction amongst members is not very easy. When will the alpha version of steemit be available ? Because the Beta version is so obsolete. Anyways I encourage people to hang in there and to keep on writing if they believe in Steemit ! Be Yoursel, be different :)