You make several good points for discussion.

First of all, I remember ICP! I was a huge fan in high school and college. And what did I hear about them finally claiming to be Christians after all those extremely profane albums they released? Who knows. ANYWAY...

I have tried hard to recruit new users who I feel have great writing ability, are intelligent, and would have a lot of great content to add to Steemit. But everyone is so skeptical they won't give it a try. Instead, they continue to post several times a day on FB and Reddit, and whatnot. I don't get it.

Many people do not have the creativity or willingness to work hard, and they would never make it on Steemit. I've said before that we Steemians are a higher caliber of people, with intellect and creativity, so our growth will always be hindered because of that factor. How many of Facebook's active users can actually compose a sentence that is grammatically correct and properly punctuated? NOT MANY.

I could rant further, but I will spare you. I will continue to share posts from Steemit to my Facebook page in an attempt to draw more attention to our platform. I will continue to create what I feel are quality, creative posts on Steemit on a regular basis. And I will continue to upvote and comment on others' posts that I feel add value to the platform. I feel that is all I can do to help Steemit for now.

And to answer your question -- I was told about Steemit by a friend here in my home town, @tinyhomeliving.