I obviously am in the dark here. I have got to get more informed on the workings of the platform.. No clue how this works I guess. Am studying!

Yes this was helpful. But, I still have the original question....is there a way to know accounts have been idle forever.

So, if I am active, post, reply, vote manually and that is all am I doing enough on Steemit? Guess I am wondering if I am dead weight or anything? I really don't want to misuse or irritate people by not understanding the objectives on Steemit. . Kind of a hobby for me so don't want to waste anyone's efforts by not being serious enough.