Another thing that may be worth mentioning is that the majority of people who have found steemit were likely already interested/involved in cryptocurrency beforehand. That has some upsides and downsides depending on what you like to talk about.

For example, one thing I find interesting is a constrained writing style in which you only use words of Germanic origin. On legacy steemit (i.e. reddit), you can expect to find others who have an interest for that particular niche. But here on steemit, we aren't (yet) able to fill niches so thoroughly.