Thank you for commenting, and for that info! Makes me feel like it could be a general slowdown. Summertime, perhaps. Low crypto market, yeah that should have some effect. Doesn't really explain the sudden dropoff. From a few posts getting me 30 followers, to a few posts getting me 1 follower. Comments and votes are down, too.
I hope it's temporary and Steemit gets moving again soon. Where's that "any day now" update, I wonder? I've been here almost a year and there haven't really been any improvements in that time. For cutting edge technology, things feel a bit stale at the moment.