Welcome to Steemit. I know I'm biased ;) , but I assure you that you've landed in the right place. Steemit is growing; it got poleaxed because there was too much hype when it was new, but things are settling down and looking up. The platforms/altcoins that stick around after the manic-depressive cycle of hype followed by disillusionment followed by bitterness: it's those alts that go on to great things.