@whitesj40 I think you're on the right track. Something I'm beginnning to realize is that I think commenting is where its at. It's human nature for people to be interested in themselves. On Twitter for example I notice to me it feels like everyone is talking at each other more so than actual conversations going on.

I think on Steemit, like any other platform people are the most interested in their own stuff so if you engage on their posts they'll engage back with you where as when you create your own content until you've really bulit up a following your kind of just getting lost in the new section.

One other thing I really like if you havn't checked out Chainbb check it out, it basically turns steemit into more of a forum and the most recently commented on stuff rises to the top so it turns it into much more of a conversation and imho makes it much more interactive