So far, I haven't ventured onto the steemit.chat (or really the Discord channel), but I see the chat mentioned or referenced a lot in peoples' posts; I really think that I am going to have to take the plunge and join it - I find the idea of having to create yet another and having yet another messaging application a bit offputting.

I find myself in a similar situation, when posting, where I'm trying to consciously guess when the busiest time of day is in the hope that if I post around that time, that some of my followers will see my post (but it cuts both ways because more people are posting at that time as well). Having another avenue or two to promote my posts seems like a good approach to improving the post's visibility.