It's gonna take some time for Steemit to truly find it's place I think - but you're absolutely right that ultimately its success will be directly related to the communities which are involved with it. I think that as long as people like you who actually care and are actually involved keep up your efforts then it will always be a worthwhile place to be! Personally, I'm blown away by the communities that I've stumbled into on Discord and ultimately have had a good experience. I hope that I can also bring some good to the platform as time goes on and get more involved myself.

thank you for your efforts!