Thanks for the reply! Just saw it! In the mean time I still believe Steemit has great potential but there are some bumps in the road so far.
There are loads of bots that are autovoting, this is a problem that needs to be structurally dealt with.
Also the promise of steemit to reward quality content has not been fulfilled yet. The rewards for putting out consistently good articles are too unpredictable to make this a rewarding activity.
So far I had been enjoying the interaction with commenters but that has reduced a bit too. So my attitude now is a bit more wait and see... great potential does not mean it will also be realised. But I'd encourage you to experiment and see what happens. You can get lucky at times!